Category:Pitiable

Pit"i*a*ble, a. Etym: [cf. Of. pitiable, f. pitoyable.]

Defn: deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; Lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; Pitiable wretchedness.

Syn. -- sorrowful; woeful; sad. See piteous. -- pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. -- pit"i*a*bly, adv.