- (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
- (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
- (a.) To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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