Piteous
['pɪtɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Pious; devout.
(a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
(a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
(a.) Paltry; mean; pitiful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sorrowful, mournful, woful, doleful, rueful, affecting, distressing, grievous, moving pity, exciting compassion.[2]. Pitiable, deplorable, wretched, miserable, deserving pity, to be pitied.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sad, miserable, deplorable, lamentable, distressing, doleful, pitiable,mournful, woful, affecting, sorrowful
ANT:Joyous, enviable, comfortable, pleasant, desirable, delectable
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Definition
adj. showing or feeling pity: fitted to excite pity: mournful: compassionate: paltry.—adv. Pit′eously.—n. Pit′eousness.
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Examples
- The aspect of piteous distress on his face, almost as imploring a merciful and kind judgment from his child, gave her a sudden sickening. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And the child, looking in a very hard and piteous way at his father, bit his lips, clenched his hands, and didn't cry a bit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- For a long time no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle midday save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I rushed forward, fell down, clapped my hand to my face, and became a piteous spectacle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And she dropped her voice, and looked so sad and piteous, that everybody felt how cruel her lot was, and how sorry they would be to part with her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The dressmaker clasped her hands, and uttered a little piteous cry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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