Miserable, wretched; grievous.

Of persons. Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, wretched; deserving pity.

Expressive of pain or sorrow; woeful; wretched, pitiful.

Expressive or suggestive of penitence, remorse, sorrow, or regret. Now also: expressing sorrow or… Of cries or speech.

That excites compassion or pity; lamentable, piteous. Of things observed or experienced. Also: dreadful, calamitous. Obsolete.

Of a person: wretched, pathetic; poor. Generally.

Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving a person to compassion; = pitiful, adj. 3.

attributive. That provokes sympathy, or compassion; that is to be pitied; unfortunate, wretched, hapless.

Sorrowful, piteous.

Merciful, full of pity; deserving or inspiring pity; = piteous, adj. 1, 2.

Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiable, adj. 2.

That is to be lamented; such as to call for lamentation, sorrow, or grief; pitiable, deplorable.

Of a thing: pitiable, deplorable. Now usually overlapping with sense A. 3b.

Arousing or apt to arouse pity; deserving pity; moving, affecting. Cf. pitiful, adj. 3.

Calling forth expressions of horror; piteous, horrifying, shocking. Obsolete.

Distressing, grievous, pitiful.

Sad, woeful, lamentable.

That moves to compassion; pitiful. Obsolete.

That affects the feelings or emotions; producing strong emotion; affecting, moving. Cf. touch, v. 28.

Arousing sadness, compassion, or sympathy, esp. through vulnerability or sadness; pitiable.

That softens the heart; deeply touching or affecting.

Pitiable. Obsolete. rare.

Fitted to excite compassion; pitiable, piteous. Obsolete.

Deserving or exciting compassion, pitiable.

Sorrowful; pitiable; (also) rueful.

= poor, adj. (in various senses).

resembling (that of) a small boy who has lost his way.