piteous

Meaning of piteous

adjective
  1. deserving or arousing pity.
    a piteous cry

Middle English: from Old French piteus, from Latin pietas ‘piety, pity’ (see piety).

Information about piteous

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of piteous

piteous

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • piteous is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

piteous synonyms

Meaning hapless:

hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:

sad

Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:

distressing

Meaning causing overwhelming distress; very upsetting:

heartbreaking

Meaning in motion:

moving

Meaning touching the emotions; moving:

affecting

Meaning arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude:

touching

Meaning sounding sad and mournful:

plaintive

Meaning evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret:

poignant

Meaning pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely:

forlorn

Meaning (of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading:

abject

Meaning suffering extreme distress or sorrow:

tragic

Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:

lamentable

Meaning (of something bad) very severe or serious:

grievous

Translation of piteous

Anagrams of piteous

poustie

Words that rhyme with piteous

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