• (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.
Com·pas'sion·a·ble adjective Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [ R.] Barrow. 
compassion, compassionable 1. Having sorrow or consideration for the sufferings or troubles of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy or pity. 2. Suffering together with another, participation in suffering; fellow-feeling, sympathy. 3. The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, ...