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piteous

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pit·e·ous  (pt-s)
adj.
1. Demanding or arousing pity: a piteous appeal for help. See Synonyms at pathetic.
2. Archaic Pitying; compassionate.
[Middle English, from Old French piteus, from Late Latin pietsus, merciful, from Latin piets, compassion; see piety.]
pite·ous·ly adv.
pite·ous·ness n.
piteous
Adjective
arousing or deserving pity: the piteous mewing of an injured kitten
piteousness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.piteous - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
misfortunate, pathetic, hapless, poor, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
Translations
Spanish piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs] adj → lastimoso
French piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs] adj → pitoyable
German piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs] adj → kläglich, erbärmlich
Italian piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs] adj → pietoso/a
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But the Cock expostulated in piteous tones from his perch: "If you kill me, who will announce to you the appearance of the dawn?
Fables by Aesop View in context
These piteous wrecks that are my comrades here say we have reached the bottom of the scale, the final humiliation; they say that when a horse is no longer worth the weeds and discarded rubbish they feed to him, they sell him to the bull-ring for a glass of brandy, to make sport for the people and perish for their pleasure.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
Monk may not have as much pride as I have; for I declare if any one had put me into a coffer with that grating over my mouth, and carried me packed up, like a calf, across the seas, I should cherish such a memory of my piteous looks in that coffer, and such an ugly animosity against him who had inclosed me in it, I should dread so greatly to see a sarcastic smile blooming upon the face of the malicious wretch, or in his attitude any grotesque imitation of my position in the box, that, Mordioux
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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