прил., -ка, -ко, -ки 1. (окаян) pitiful, pitiable, wretched, miserable, piteous, lamentable, deplorable, книж. sorry; (за изражение на лицето) pathetic; в ~ко състояние in a sorry/bad plight, in a pitiful condition, разг. in a sorry/nice/fine/sad pickle, in a pretty mess; влача ~ко съществувание lead a dog’s life; lead a life circumscribed by poverty; ~ка сума paltry/miserable sum; ~ки останки pitiful remains, remnants; ~ък съм cut a poor/a sorry figure; имам ~ък вид look wretched;
2. (презрян) contemptible, despicable, abject, mean, wretched, miserable; толкова си ~ък! you are so low/contemptible!