D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pitiable

/pĭt'-ē-əb-əl/ · Pit·i·a·ble · IPA /ˈpɪti.əbəl/
01 a. Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable w…
  1. 1.
    Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn. Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.