Pitiful vs. Mournful

Inspiring or deserving pity.

Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.

Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.

Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy

(Archaic) Filled with pity or compassion.

Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.

Feeling pity; merciful.

Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.

So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.

Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss.

Of an amount or number: very small.

Expressing sorrow

In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.

Filled with or evoking sadness;

Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.

Inspiring mixed contempt and pity;

Bad; unfortunate;

Deserving or inciting pity;