poor thing

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poor thing

noun poor things

  1. Someone or something to be pitied. The poor thing was soaked to the bone.

    Similar: poor devil

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noun someone or something to be pitied

Españolpobrecito, pobrecillo
日本語かわいそうに kawaisō ni
中文可憐的人兒 /可怜的人儿 kělián de rénr, 小可怜 xiǎo kělián
Portuguêspobrezinho, tadinho, coitadinho
Françaismon pauvre, ma pauvre, bichette, miskine
Deutscharmes Ding
Italianopoverino, poverina, poveraccio, poveraccia, poveretto, poveretta
Ελληνικάκαημένος kaïménos
Русскийбедня́га bednjága, бедня́жка bednjážka, бе́дный bédnyj, бе́дная bédnaja, бе́дненький bédnenʹkij, бе́дненькая bédnenʹkaja

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@misc{poor_thing_2026,
  title = {poor thing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20thing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}