piteous

Demanding or arousing pity: synonym: pathetic.

Pitying; compassionate.

Full of pity or compassion; compassionate; affected by pity.

Such as to excite pity or move to compassion; affecting; lamentable; sorrowful; mournful; sad: as, a piteous look; a piteous case.

Pitiful; paltry; poor: as, piteous amends. Milton.

Pious; devout.

Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.

Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad.

Paltry; mean; pitiful.

pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.