pitiful
adjective. in bad shape; poor
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
rueful
adjective. regretful
ruthful
adjective. pitiful
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- poor
- rueful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
sad
adjective. unfortunate, distressing
- bad
- calamitous
- dark
- dejecting
- deplorable
- depressing
- disastrous
- discomposing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- dreary
- funereal
- grave
- grievous
- hapless
- heart-rending
- joyless
- lachrymose
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- miserable
- moving
- oppressive
- pathetic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- saddening
- serious
- shabby
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tragic
- unhappy
- unsatisfactory
- upsetting
- wretched
sadder
adjective. unfortunate, distressing
- bad
- calamitous
- dark
- dejecting
- deplorable
- depressing
- disastrous
- discomposing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- dreary
- funereal
- grave
- grievous
- hapless
- heart-rending
- joyless
- lachrymose
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- miserable
- moving
- oppressive
- pathetic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- saddening
- serious
- shabby
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tragic
- unhappy
- unsatisfactory
- upsetting
- wretched
saddest
adjective. unfortunate, distressing
- bad
- calamitous
- dark
- dejecting
- deplorable
- depressing
- disastrous
- discomposing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- dreary
- funereal
- grave
- grievous
- hapless
- heart-rending
- joyless
- lachrymose
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- miserable
- moving
- oppressive
- pathetic
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- saddening
- serious
- shabby
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tragic
- unhappy
- unsatisfactory
- upsetting
- wretched
sorrowful
adjective. very upset; grieving
- affecting
- afflicted
- dejected
- depressed
- disconsolate
- distressing
- doleful
- dolent
- full of sorrow
- grievous
- heartbroken
- heartrending
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in mourning
- in pain
- in sorrow
- lamentable
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- painful
- piteous
- plaintive
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- sick at heart
- singing the blues
- sorry
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
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