pitiful

Adjective
  1. Inspiring mixed contempt and pity (synset 300908403)
    "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
    similar to: contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
    same as: pathetic, pitiable
  2. Bad;
    Unfortunate (synset 301130672)
    "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
    same as: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry
  3. Deserving or inciting pity (synset 301054589)
    "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
    similar to: unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
    same as: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched

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