pitiable• Sylvie was no longer the withdrawn, slightly pitiablefigure she had last seen in New York.• And none of the pitiablepassengers on flight 592 had any idea of it.• pitiablevictims of war• Far from being pitiable victims, the Hollywood 10 and their followers have the blood of millions on their hands.• They appeared to apologize for their pitiableweaknesses, instead of forming themselves into a counterattack.