Textual thesaurus for "piteous"

(adj) hapless, poor, pitiable, pitiful, wretched, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic

deserving or inciting pity

a hapless victim; miserable victims of war; the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy; piteous appeals for help; pitiable homeless children; a pitiful fate; Oh, you poor thing; his poor distorted limbs; a wretched life