pitiable

pitiable
    adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were
           pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful
           exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiable},
           {pitiful}]
    2: 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" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},
       {pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor},
       {wretched}]
    

Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
   Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
   miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
   pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
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   Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. --
        {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.
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