Defn: Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn.
— Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
— Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n.
— Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
PITIER
Pit"i*er, n.
Defn: One who pities. Gauden.
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.
PITILESS
Pit"i*less, a.