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Synonyms for piteous in English

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piteous:
- compassionate; merciful; piteous; poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; misfortunate; hapless

English

Detailed Synonyms for piteous in English

piteous:

piteous adj

piteous
compassionate; merciful; piteous
- compassionate adj
- merciful adj
- piteous adj
piteous

– deserving or inciting pity ¹
poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; hapless
– deserving or inciting pity ¹
- poor adj
  - Oh, you poor thing¹
  - his poor distorted limbs¹
- pathetic adj
  - the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic¹
- miserable adj
  - miserable victims of war¹
- wretched adj
  - a wretched life¹
- pitiful adj
  - a pitiful fate¹
- pitiable adj
  - pitiable homeless children¹
- piteous adj
  - piteous appeals for help¹
- misfortunate adj
- hapless adj
  - a hapless victim¹

Related Words for "piteous":

piteousness, piteously

Alternate Synonyms for "piteous":

hapless; miserable; misfortunate; pathetic; pitiable; pitiful; poor; wretched; unfortunate

Related Definitions for "piteous":

deserving or inciting pity¹
- piteous appeals for help¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University