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Defenition of the word piteous

    • Defenition of the word piteous

      • Deserving or inciting pity.
      • 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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
      • 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 d
      • deserving or inciting pity

    Synonyms for the word piteous

      • distressing
      • hapless
      • heartbreaking
      • miserable
      • misfortunate
      • pathetic
      • pitiable
      • pitiful
      • poor
      • sad
      • wretched

    Similar words in the piteous

      • piteous
      • piteously
      • unfortunate

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