Adjective: pitiful pi-ti-ful
- Deserving or inciting pity
"a pitiful fate";
- hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched
- Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
"pitiful exhibition of cowardice";
- pathetic, pitiable
- Bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a pitiful state";
- deplorable, distressing, lamentable, sad, sorry
See also: bad, contemptible, unfortunate
Encyclopedia: Pitiful