Piteous Definition

pĭtē-əs
adjective
Arousing or deserving pity or compassion.
Webster's New World
Pitying; compassionate.
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Origin of Piteous

  • Middle English from Old French piteus from Late Latin pietōsus merciful from Latin pietās compassion piety

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus,

    From Wiktionary

Piteous Sentence Examples

  • He made a piteous, frightened face and bent down.

  • He asked in a hesitating, piteous voice.

  • They forgot that the frightened face and the figure could not be altered, and that however they might change the setting and adornment of that face, it would still remain piteous and plain.

  • Please get it for me and put it under for a moment, he pleaded in a piteous voice.

  • But these words came like a piteous, despairing cry and an entreaty for pardon.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIT

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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