miserable vs pitiful

miserable and pitiful both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
miserable	No	Yes	No	No
pitiful	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, miserable and pitiful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of miserable include hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, wretched.

miserable (adjective)	pitiful (adjective)
of the most contemptible kind	bad; unfortunate
of very poor quality or condition	inspiring mixed contempt and pity
contemptibly small in amount	deserving or inciting pity
characterized by physical misery
deserving or inciting pity
very unhappy; full of misery