Synonyms of the word

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).

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

contemptible

• adj. deserving contempt.

deplorable

• adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
• adj. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
• n. A person or thing that is to be deplored.

distressing

• adj. Causing distress; upsetting.
• v. present participle of distress.

hapless

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

lamentable

• adj. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

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.

pitiable

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

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.

sad

• adj. (heading) Emotionally negative.
• adj. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
• adj. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
• adj. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
• adj. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
• adj. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
• adj. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
• adj. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

sorry

• adj. (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
• adj. Poor, sad or regrettable.
• interj. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
• interj. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
• interj. Used to correct oneself in speech.
• n. The act of saying sorry; an apology.

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.