Bible Dictionaries
Pitiful

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pitiful'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pitiful.html. 1828.