W: (n) miserableness [Related to: miserable] (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune) "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
W: (n) pathos [Related to: pathetic] (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others) "the blind are too often objects of pity"
W: (n) pity [Related to: piteous] (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others) "the blind are too often objects of pity"
W: (n) pity [Related to: piteous] (an unfortunate development) "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
W: (n) wretchedness [Related to: wretched] (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune) "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
S: (adj) poor (having little money or few possessions) "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"
S: (adj) poor (characterized by or indicating poverty) "the country had a poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town"
S: (adj) poor (lacking in quality or substances) "a poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food poor in nutritive value"; "the food in the cafeteria was of poor quality"
S: (adj) inadequate, poor, short, jejune (of insufficient quantity to meet a need) "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"; "the jejune diets of the very poor"