Lamentable
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Pitiful
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Feeling pity; merciful.So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.Very small (of an amount).
Example sentence: Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!