Pit″i‐a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn. — Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
— Pit″i‐a‐ble‐ness, n. — Pit″i‐a‐bly, adv.