Pathetic
Piteous
Synonyms Pitiful, piteous, moving, poignant, stirring, distressing, disturbing, miserable, heart-rending, harrowing, sad, poor, tragic, mournful, distressful, pitiable, to be pitied, touching, plaintive, affecting, disquieting, upsetting, heartbreaking, agonizing, mortifying, wretched, forlorn, doleful, and woeful.
Woeful
Synonyms Feeble, sorry, pitiful, deplorable, wretched, despicable, meagre, insufficient, insubstantial, worthless, woeful, poor, lamentable, miserable, contemptible, inadequate, paltry, negligible, and unsatisfactory.
Example Sentences
His excuses were absolutely pathetic yesterday.
The team's performance was pathetic today.
She gave a rather pathetic apology.
That attempt was simply pathetic overall.