piteous
Meaning of piteous
- 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:
Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
Meaning causing overwhelming distress; very upsetting:
Meaning in motion:
Meaning touching the emotions; moving:
Meaning arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude:
Meaning sounding sad and mournful:
Meaning evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret:
Meaning pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely:
Meaning (of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading:
Meaning suffering extreme distress or sorrow:
Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:
Meaning (of something bad) very severe or serious:
Translation of piteous
- Italian: povero, miserevole
Anagrams of piteous
Words that rhyme with piteous
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