pathetic

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.

The child’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.

We have now arrived at one of the most pathetic and glorious events in the history of Israel, one which sanctifies the Lamanite race with the powers of martyrdom, and, by the blood of the victims, washes its garments white from many a former sin.

Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.

You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic.

You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic.

Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

On a certain Good Friday, in what year we are not told, an especially moving and pathetic sermon was preached in the Cathedral by Father John Texeda, upon the sufferings of our Lord.

Trochlear.