Thesaurus: pitiful

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1. a. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
2. a. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
3. a. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
4. adj. inspiring mixed contempt and pity
5. adj. bad; unfortunate
6. adj. deserving or inciting pity
7. 1. Full of pity; tender-hearted">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.
8. j:100 s inspiring mixed contempt and pity s bad; unfortunate s deserving or inciting pity