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Showing words for PITEOUS using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Piteous
[1] evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
[2] Archaic . compassionate.
[3] exciting or deserving pity
[4] archaic having or expressing pity
Words related to Piteous
deplorable, distressing, doleful, dolorous, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, moving, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, rueful, ruined, sad, sorrowful, woeful
Words nearby Piteous
pitchout, pitchpole, pitchpot, pitchstone, pitchy, piteous, pitesti, pitfall, pith, pith helmet, pith ray
Origin of Piteous
1250–1300; Middle English; replacing pitous < Old French < Medieval Latin pietōsus. See pity, -ous
Words that may be confused with Piteous
piteous, pitiable, pitiful, (see, synonym, study, at, pitiful)
Other words from Piteous
pit·e·ous·ly , adverb
pit·e·ous·ness , noun
o·ver·pit·e·ous , adjective
o·ver·pit·e·ous·ly , adverb
o·ver·pit·e·ous·ness , noun
un·pit·e·ous , adjective
un·pit·e·ous·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Piteous
beseeching, commiserable, deplorable, distressing, doleful, dolorous, entreating, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, imploring, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, moving, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, rueful, ruined, sad, sorrowful, supplicating, woeful, wretched