PIT'IFUL, a. [See Pity.] Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a heart to feel sorrow and sympathy for the distressed. James 5. 1 Pet 3. [This is the proper sense of the word.]
1. Miserable; moving compassion; as a sight most pitiful; a pitiful condition.
2. To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
3. Very small; insignificant.
