piteous

[Pit·e*ous]

If something's piteous, it makes you feel pity and concern. The piteous cries of the orphaned kittens under your porch might convince you to climb under there and gather them up so you could feed them.

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Pious; devout.

Adjective S.
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 d


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.


Piteous

Pit"e*ous , a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity.] 1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. "[She] piteous of his case." Pope.
She was so charitable and so pitous.
3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
The most piteous tale of Lear.
4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." Milton. Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. -- Pit"e*ous*ness, n.

Pious; devout.

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