Synonyms:
pathetic, pitiable, pitiful
Meaning: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
Usage examples
Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state.
Some of them once had minds--and these are the most pitiful or pitiable of all.
But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be--a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.