Search Result:piteous
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋpItIәs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊpitiәs 〕
Overview of adj piteous
The adj piteous has 1 sense
- 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")