ynkelig

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. klagende, jamrende plaintive, whining
   • han svarte med en ynkelig stemme he replied in a plaintive voice
2. stakkarslig, ussel, elendig pitiful, wretched, miserable
   • en ynkelig stakkar a pitiful wretch
   • gjøre en ynkelig figur to cut a sorry figure
   brukt som adverb: used as an adverb:

   • han var så ynkelig liten he was so pitifully small