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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")