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1. (adj.) piteous
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic.
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| Definition of 'piteous' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
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"
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1. (adj) piteous
pious; devout
2. (adj) piteous
evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender
3. (adj) piteous
fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case
4. (adj) piteous
paltry; mean; pitiful
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Sense: pitiful
a piteous cry/sight.
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 Afrikaans: jammerlik |
 Arabic: مُثير للعَطْف والشَّفَقَه |
 Bulgarian: жалък |
 Brazilian: lamentoso |
 Czech: úpěnlivý, žalostný, souci |
 German: mitleiderregend |
 Danish: hjerteskærende |
 Greek: οικτρός, θλιβερός |
 Spanish: lastimero, lastimoso, pat |
 Estonian: hale |
 Farsi: ترحم انگیز |
 Finnish: säälittävä |
 French: pitoyable |
 Hebrew: מְעוֹרֵר רַחָמִים |
 Hindi: दयनीय |
 Croatian: jadan, bijedan |
 Hungarian: szánalmas |
 Indonesian: memilukan |
 Icelandic: vorkunnsamur |
 Italian: pietoso |
 Japanese: 哀れな |
 Korean: 연민의 정을 자아내는 |
 Lithuanian: gailus, graudus |
 Latvian: bēdīgs; aizkustinošs |
 Malay: menimbulkan rasa belas |
 Dutch: meelijwekkend |
 Norwegian: ynkelig, fortvilet |
 Polish: żałosny |
 Persian: ترحم انگیز |
 Pashto: دزړه، سوى ، دترحم وړ |
 Portuguese: lamentoso |
 Romanian: (în mod) jalnic |
 Russian: жалкий; жалобный |
 Slovak: úpenlivý, žalostný, súcit |
 Slovenian: usmiljenja vreden |
 Serbian: sažaljiv |
 Swedish: ömklig, ömkansvärd |
 Thai: น่าสงสาร |
 Turkish: acıklı, hüzünlü |
 Taiwanese: 可憐的 |
 Ukrainian: жалісний; жалібний |
 Urdu: قابل ترس |
 Vietnamese: thảm thương |
 Chinese: 可怜的 |
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