pitiful (adj.) Old form(s): pittifull
compassionate, merciful, tender
3H6 I.iv.141[York to Queen] Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible
3H6 III.ii.32[Lady Grey to Edward, of her request] Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it
AW III.ii.127[Helena alone, as if to Bertram] pitiful rumour may report my flight / To consolate thine ear
JC III.i.169[Brutus to Antony] Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful
TC III.ii.198[Pandarus to Cressida and Troilus] let all pitiful goers-between be called ... after my name
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