Meaning : Deserving or inciting pity.
Example :
A hapless victim.
Miserable victims of war.
The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic.
Piteous appeals for help.
Pitiable homeless children.
A pitiful fate.
Oh, you poor thing.
His poor distorted limbs.
A wretched life.
Synonyms : hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
Meaning : Of very poor quality or condition.
Example :
Deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.
Woeful treatment of the accused.
Woeful errors of judgment.
Synonyms : deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched
Meaning : Characterized by physical misery.
Example :
A wet miserable weekend.
Spent a wretched night on the floor.
Synonyms : wretched