Synonyms of pitiful

1 Syllable

sad, base, low, vile, mean, small, lean, cheap, leans

2 Syllables

low-life, shabby, joyless, touching, low-born, scrubby, stirring, subpar, leaner, tragic, dismal, currish, mournful, poignant, shabbier, potest, piteous, teary, leanest, woeful, cheerless, moving, sticker, measlier, beefing, bitty, baser, tearful, paltrier, curer, wretched, poter, bummed, grievous, basest, forlorn, tatty, scrubbier, paltry, sorry, abject, worthless, measly, dolent, scurvy

3 Syllables

beggarly, dirgeful, merciful, heartbreaking, heartrending, arousing, suffering, afflicted, lowlife, pitiable, plaintive, sylphlike, distressed, doleful, heart-rending, pathetic, blubbery, affecting, distressing, sorrowful, godawful, subnormal, comfortless

4 Syllables

contemptible, lamentable, deplorable, despicable, miserable, regrettable

5 Syllables

insignificant, compassionate, inadequate, unconsequential, commiserable

6 Syllables

commiserative