Adjective

• S: (adj) 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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• S: (adj) pathetic, pitiable, pitiful (inspiring mixed contempt and pity) "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
• S: (adj) pathetic, ridiculous, silly (inspiring scornful pity) "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett