pitiable

adj 1: inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were

pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful

exhibition of cowardice" [syn: {pathetic}, {pitiful}]

2: 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";

"couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted

limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {miserable}, {misfortunate},

{pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]