Arousing or deserving pity

• ruthful

  1. Full of sorrow; rueful.
  2. Causing sorrow or pity.

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  1. Full of sorrow; rueful.
  2. Causing sorrow or pity.

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• poor

  1. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
  2. Relating to or characterized by poverty:
  3. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:

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  1. Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
  2. Relating to or characterized by poverty:
  3. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:

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• pitiful

  1. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  2. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
  3. Filled with pity or compassion.

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  1. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  2. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
  3. Filled with pity or compassion.

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• pitiable

  1. Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
  2. Arousing disdainful pity.

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  1. Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
  2. Arousing disdainful pity.

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• piteous

  1. Demanding or arousing pity:
  2. Pitying; compassionate.

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  1. Demanding or arousing pity:
  2. Pitying; compassionate.

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• pathetic

  1. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
  2. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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  1. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
  2. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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Causing sorrow or regret

• woeful

  1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  2. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
  3. Deplorably bad:

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  1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  2. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
  3. Deplorably bad:

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• sorrowful

  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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• sad

  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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• regrettable

  1. Eliciting or deserving regret:

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  1. Eliciting or deserving regret:

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• mournful

  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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• lamentable

  1. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.

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  1. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.

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• grievous

  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

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  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

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• dolorous

  1. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

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  1. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

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• doleful

  1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  2. Causing grief:

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  1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  2. Causing grief:

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• deplorable

  1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
  2. Lamentable; woeful:
  3. Wretched; bad:

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  1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
  2. Lamentable; woeful:
  3. Wretched; bad:

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Full of or expressive of sorrow

• woeful

  1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  2. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
  3. Deplorably bad:

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  1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful:
  2. Causing, involving, or expressing woe:
  3. Deplorably bad:

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• woebegone

  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
  2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition:

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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing deep sorrow, grief, or wretchedness:
  2. Of an inferior or deplorable condition:

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• sorrowful

  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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• sad

  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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• plaintive

  1. Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

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  1. Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.

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• mournful

  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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  1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful.
  2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy:

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• lugubrious

  1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

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  1. Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

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• dolorous

  1. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

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  1. Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

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• doleful

  1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  2. Causing grief:

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  1. Filled with or expressing grief; mournful.
  2. Causing grief:

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Penitent

• regretful

  1. Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.

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  1. Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.

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• remorseful

  1. Marked by or filled with remorse.

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  1. Marked by or filled with remorse.

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• contrite

  1. Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent.
  2. Arising from or expressing contrition:

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  1. Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent.
  2. Arising from or expressing contrition:

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Pitiful

• despondent

  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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• sorrowful

  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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  1. Feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow.
  2. Causing sorrow:

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• pathetic

  1. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
  2. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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  1. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
  2. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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