Synonyms of the word

pitiable

• adj. That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

contemptible

• adj. deserving contempt.

hapless

• adj. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
• adj. Devoid of talent or skill.

miserable

• adj. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
• adj. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
• adj. Wretched; worthless; mean.
• adj. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
• adj. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
• n. A miserable person; a wretch.

misfortunate

• adj. Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.

pathetic

• adj. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
• adj. Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
• adj. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

piteous

• adj. pitiful; provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
• adj. (obsolete) pious; devout.
• adj. (obsolete) compassionate; tender.
• adj. (obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful.

pitiful

• adj. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
• adj. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
• adj. Very small (of an amount or number).

poor

• adj. With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• adj. Of low quality.
• adj. Used to express pity.
• adj. Deficient in a specified way.
• adj. Inadequate, insufficient.
• adj. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
• n. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

unfortunate

• adj. not favored by fortune.
• adj. marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune.
• n. An unlucky person.

wretched

• adj. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;…
• adj. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
• adj. (obsolete) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
• v. Misspelling of retched.