Pitiful vs. Mournful

Pitiful and Mournful Definitions
Pitiful
Inspiring or deserving pity.
Mournful
Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
Pitiful
Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
Mournful
Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy
The mournful sound of a train whistle.
Pitiful
(Archaic) Filled with pity or compassion.
Mournful
Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
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Pitiful
Feeling pity; merciful.
Mournful
Fit to inspire mourning; tragic.
Pitiful
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Scotland has a pitiful climate.
Mournful
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.
Pitiful
Of an amount or number: very small.
A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
Mournful
Expressing sorrow
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Pitiful
In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
Mournful
Filled with or evoking sadness;
The child's doleful expression
Stared with mournful eyes
Mournful news
Pitiful
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Pitiful
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
Pitiful
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.
Pitiful
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
Their efforts were pathetic
Pitiable lack of character
Pitiful exhibition of cowardice
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Pitiful
Bad; unfortunate;
My finances were in a deplorable state
A lamentable decision
Her clothes were in sad shape
A sorry state of affairs
Pitiful
Deserving or inciting pity;
A hapless victim
Miserable victims of war
The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Piteous appeals for help
Pitiable homeless children
A pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
His poor distorted limbs
A wretched life