Category:Pitiful

Pit"i*ful, a.

1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; Sympathetic. The lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. James v. 11.

2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. Spenser.

3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; Contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that Uses it. Shak.

Syn. -- despicable; mean; paltry. See contemptible. -- pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- pit"i*ful*ness, n.