A pitiful person or wretch; often carries a nuance of either sympathy or contempt.

(colloquial) looking very pathetic or pitiful; wretched

(idiom) looking sweet, innocent, and vulnerable in a way that makes one feel pity; delicate and moving; pitiable

pitifully unloved; a slang backronym for the word cute, used humorously or sarcastically to describe someone who is pitiable because they lack affection or a romantic partner

very wretched; miserable or pitiful in appearance or manner

(colloquial) deserving of pity or sympathy; pitiable

(literary) an expression used to hope for or express gratitude for the pity and protection of Heaven