[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pitiable \pit"iable\, a. cf. of. pitiable, f. pitoyable.
   deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
   miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
   pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
   1913 webster

   syn: sorrowful; woeful; sad. see piteous.
        1913 webster -- pit"iableness, n. --
        pit"iably, adv.
        1913 webster
see also:
piteous pit"iableness pit"iably 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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";
        "oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a
        wretched life" syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
         pathetic, piteous, pitiful, poor, wretched
see also:
pathetic pitiful hapless miserable misfortunate piteous 
poor wretched 

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