pitiful
adjective
[ ˈpɪtɪfʊl ]
• deserving or arousing pity.
• "two children in a very pitiful state"
Similar:
distressing,
sad,
piteous,
to be pitied,
pitiable,
pathetic,
disturbing,
heart-rending,
heartbreaking,
saddening,
moving,
affecting,
touching,
tear-jerking,
plaintive,
poignant,
forlorn,
poor,
sorry,
wretched,
abject,
miserable,
tragic,
woeful,
lamentable,
grievous,
distressful,
• very small or poor; inadequate.
• "a pitiful attempt to impress her"
Similar:
paltry,
miserable,
meagre,
beggarly,
insufficient,
insignificant,
trifling,
negligible,
pitiable,
derisory,
pathetic,
measly,
piddling,
piffling,
mingy,
poxy,
dinky,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
lamentable,
hopeless,
wretched,
sorry,
poor,
bad,
feeble,
well below par,
woeful,
inadequate,
contemptible,
deplorable,
despicable,
laughable,
worthless,
useless,
rotten,
appalling,
lousy,
abysmal,
dire,
the pits,
chronic,
pants,
a load of pants,