piteous
a . 哀怨的,可怜的
哀怨的,可怜的
piteous adj 1 :
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 distorted limbs "; "
a wretched life " [
synonym : {
hapless }, {
miserable },
{
misfortunate }, {
pathetic }, {
piteous }, {
pitiable },
{
pitiful }, {
poor }, {
wretched }]
Piteous \
Pit "
e *
ous \,
a . [
OE .
pitous ,
OF .
pitos ,
F .
piteux .
See {
Pity }.]
1 .
Pious ;
devout . [
Obs .]
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The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation .
--
Wyclif .
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2 .
Evincing pity ,
compassion ,
or sympathy ;
compassionate ;
tender . "[
She ]
piteous of his case ." --
Pope .
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She was so charitable and so pitous . --
Chaucer .
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3 .
Fitted to excite pity or sympathy ;
wretched ;
miserable ;
lamentable ;
sad ;
as ,
a piteous case . --
Spenser .
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The most piteous tale of Lear . --
Shak .
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4 .
Paltry ;
mean ;
pitiful . "
Piteous amends ." --
Milton .
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Syn :
Sorrowful ;
mournful ;
affecting ;
doleful ;
woeful ;
rueful ;
sad ;
wretched ;
miserable ;
pitiable ;
pitiful ;
compassionate .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Pit "
e *
ous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Pit "
e *
ous *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
piteous ":
affecting ,
afflictive ,
beseeching ,
bitter ,
bleak ,
cheerless ,
comfortless ,
deplorable ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
discomforting ,
dismal ,
dismaying ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
doleful ,
dolorific ,
dolorogenic ,
dolorous ,
dreary ,
emotional ,
entreating ,
grievous ,
heartrending ,
imploring ,
joyless ,
lamentable ,
melancholy ,
miserable ,
mournful ,
moving ,
painful ,
pathetic ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
plaintive ,
poignant ,
poor ,
regrettable ,
rueful ,
ruined ,
sad ,
saddening ,
sharp ,
sore ,
sorrowful ,
supplicating ,
tearful ,
touching ,
uncomfortable ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
wretched
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