Synonyms of piteous

1 Syllable
poor, sad
2 Syllables
touching, mournful, poignant, grievous, rueful, beefing, ruthful, ruined, wretched, woeful, moving
3 Syllables
pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, beseeching, imploring, dirgeful, distressing, sorrowful, pathetic, heartbreaking, heartrending, entreating, doleful, dolorous
4 Syllables
lamentable, deplorable, supplicating, melancholy
5 Syllables
compassionate, commiserable