pitiful

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

• “their efforts were pathetic”
• “pitiable lack of character”
• “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”

bad; unfortunate

• “my finances were in a deplorable state”
• “a lamentable decision”
• “her clothes were in sad shape”
• “a sorry state of affairs”

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”