piteous
21piteous — adj. RG. 491, 548 …
22piteous — pit·e·ous || pɪtɪəs adj. arousing compassion, moving; pitiful, pathetic, wretched …
23piteous — adjective deserving or arousing pity. Derivatives piteously adverb piteousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. piteus, from L. pietas (see piety) …
24piteous — a. 1. Sorrowful, mournful, woful, doleful, rueful, affecting, distressing, grievous, moving pity, exciting compassion. 2. Pitiable, deplorable, wretched, miserable, deserving pity, to be pitied, lamentable. 3. Compassionate, tender …
25piteous — adj pathetic, pathetical, pitiful, pitiable, to be pitied; sad, doleful, dolorous, dolorific, sorrowful, distressing, mournful, grievous, plaintive; lamentable, regrettable, deplorable, rueful, woeful, woebegone; touching, moving, affecting,… …
26piteous — pit·e·ous …
27piteous — pit•e•ous [[t]ˈpɪt i əs[/t]] adj. evoking or deserving pity; pathetic pit′e•ous•ly, adv. pit′e•ous•ness, n. syn: See pitiful …
28piteous — /ˈpɪtiəs / (say piteeuhs) adjective 1. such as to excite or deserve pity, or appealing strongly for pity; pathetic. 2. Obsolete compassionate. {Middle English pitous, pytous, from Old French pitos, piteus, Medieval Latin pietosus merciful,… …
29piteous — adj. deserving or causing pity; wretched. Derivatives: piteously adv. piteousness n. Etymology: ME pito(u)s etc. f. AF pitous, OF pitos f. Rmc (as PIETY) …
30pitiable, piteous — Pitiable means deserving of pity, producing compassion, or lamentable : These hungry children are pitiable. The destitute family was living in a pitiable shack. Piteous refers to that which excites pity because it is suffering and miserable: The… …
