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41piteous — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… …
42pitiful — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… …
43pitiful — pitifully, adv. pitifulness, n. /pit i feuhl/, adj. 1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate. 2. evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. 3. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate. [1400 50; late ME; see …
44piteous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grievous, sorrowful; pitiable, pathetic; wretched, miserable. See pain, pity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pitiful, wretched, miserable; see pitiful 1 . See Synonym Study at pitiful . III (Roget s 3… …
45pitiful — adjective 1) a child in a pitiful state Syn: distressing, sad, piteous, pitiable, pathetic, heart rending, heartbreaking, moving, touching, tearjerking; plaintive, poignant, forlorn; poor, sorry, wretched, abject …
46pitiful — pit•i•ful [[t]ˈpɪt ɪ fəl[/t]] adj. 1) evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate[/ex] 2) arousing contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts[/ex] 3) archaic full of pity; compassionate • Etymology: 1400–50 pit′i•ful•ly, adv. syn:… …
47οἰκτρά — οἰκτρός pitiable neut nom/voc/acc pl οἰκτρά̱ , οἰκτρός pitiable fem nom/voc/acc dual οἰκτρά̱ , οἰκτρός pitiable fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
48οἰκτρότερ' — οἰκτρότερα , οἰκτρός pitiable neut nom/voc/acc comp pl οἰκτρότερε , οἰκτρός pitiable masc voc comp sg οἰκτρότεραι , οἰκτρός pitiable fem nom/voc comp pl …
49οἰκτρότερον — οἰκτρός pitiable adverbial comp οἰκτρός pitiable masc acc comp sg οἰκτρός pitiable neut nom/voc/acc comp sg …
50pit´i|ful|ness — pit|i|ful «PIHT ih fuhl», adjective. 1. to be pitied; moving the heart; deserving pity; piteous; lamentable: »a pitiful story, a pitiful sight. 2. feeling pity; feeling sorrow for the trouble of others; tender: »The Lord is very pitiful, and of… …
