Piteous Synonyms and Antonyms

pĭtē-əs
Feeling or expressing pity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. commiserative
  2. compassionate
  3. condolatory
  4. pitying
  5. sympathetic
  6. pitiful
Demanding or arousing pity:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pathetic

Words Related to Piteous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. feelings
  2. pity
  3. sorrowful
  4. reproachful
  5. ever-and-anon

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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