Merciful and Pitiful

Merciful adjective - Showing or giving mercy.

Pitiful and merciful are semantically related in kind topic. In some cases you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Merciful", when it comes to topics like behaviour.

Nearby Words: merciless, mercy, mercifulness, mercifully

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

Merciful and pitiful are semantically related in behaviour topic. Sometimes you can use "Merciful" instead an adjective "Pitiful", if it concerns topics such as kind.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully