pitiful

/'pitiful/
Adjective
  1. 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
  2. bad; unfortunate
    • my finances were in a deplorable state
    • a lamentable decision
    • her clothes were in sad shape
    • a sorry state of affairs
  3. inspiring mixed contempt and pity
    • their efforts were pathetic
    • pitiable lack of character
    • pitiful exhibition of cowardice

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The sight of the lost puppy was truly pitiful.