A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
Spenser.
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.
Shak.
Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
-- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n.
Pit"i*less, a. 1. Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a
pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.