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   Pitiful , a.
   Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
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   The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
   James v. 11.
   
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   Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
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   A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
   Spenser.
   
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   To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
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   That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
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   -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n.
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