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piteous meaning and definition
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Definition of piteous (adjective)
- 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"
- synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
Source: Princeton University Wordnet