pitiful vs piteous

pitiful and piteous both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pitiful	No	Yes	No	No
piteous	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, pitiful and piteous are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of pitiful include hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, poor, wretched.

pitiful (adjective)	piteous (adjective)
bad; unfortunate	deserving or inciting pity
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
deserving or inciting pity