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View synonyms for piteous
piteous
[ pit-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
piteous cries for help.
Synonyms: sorrowful, wretched, sad, woeful, lamentable, moving, affecting
- Archaic. compassionate.
piteous
/ ˈpɪtɪəs /
adjective
- exciting or deserving pity
- archaic.having or expressing pity
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Derived Forms
- ˈpiteously, adverb
- ˈpiteousness, noun
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Other Words From
- pite·ous·ly adverb
- pite·ous·ness noun
- over·pite·ous adjective
- over·pite·ous·ly adverb
- over·pite·ous·ness noun
- un·pite·ous adjective
- un·pite·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Synonym Study
See pitiful.
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Example Sentences
It was piteous to see how in these intervals his delusions were always shaped by the bitterest experiences of his life.
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Human and animal cries blended in one piteous appeal for mercy.
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And an answering cry sounded across the lagoon—thin, wailing, piteous.
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The colored woman came running, and with her Grace, who looked at the wan features of the soldier with piteous eyes.
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His childhood, except when he could be rocked and sung into sickly sleep, was one long piteous wail.
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