pitiful

Inspiring or deserving pity.

Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy. synonym: pathetic.

Filled with pity or compassion.

Full of pity; tender; compassionate; having a feeling of sorrow and sympathy for the distressed.

Exciting or fitted to excite pity or compassion; miserable; deplorable; sad: as, a pitiful condition; a pitiful look.

To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; insignificant; contemptible; despicable.

Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.

Feeling pity; merciful.