"pitiable" in the adjective sense

1. pathetic, pitiable, pitiful

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

"their efforts were pathetic"

"pitiable lack of character"

"pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

deserving or inciting pity

"a hapless victim"

"miserable victims of war"

"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy

"piteous appeals for help"

"pitiable homeless children"

"a pitiful fate"

"Oh, you poor thing"

"his poor distorted limbs"

"a wretched life"

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