adjective
1.
arousing or deserving pity
pitiful refugees driven from their homes
Synonyms: commiserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, rueful
Related Word: affecting, moving, touching; miserable, woeful, wretched; heartrending
2.
Synonyms: contemptible , beggarly, cheap, despicable, despisable, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sorry