Definition of Pitiful

(a.)
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
  

(a.)
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
  

(a.)
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
  

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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.
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.

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Wretched.

adj., truacánta

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Athru = a. very pitiful, or vile

Athrugar = a. pitiful; vast

Greynus = a. miserable, pitiful

Tosturus = a. pitiful piteous

Pitiful, (adj.)

The state of an enemy of opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
  

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Adjective
1. inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
(synonym) pathetic, pitiable
(similar) contemptible
2. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
(synonym) deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry
(similar) bad
3. deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
(synonym) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched
(similar) unfortunate