Piteous synonyms
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Pitiable
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
Feeling or showing sorrow or pity; mournful
(Archaic) Filled with pity or compassion.
Characterized by or attended with misery or woe:
Pitifully unsuccessful, ineffective, etc.
Arousing or deserving pity, sometimes mixed with scorn or contempt
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(Now Rare) Full of ruth; feeling, showing, or arousing pity or sorrow
Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy
Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances:
Offering condolence.
Feeling or expressing pity
Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial:
pity (related)
Arousing or deserving pity
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feelings (related)
Feeling or expressing pity
The definition of doleful is full of grief or sadness.
The definition of merciful is someone who is caring, compassionate, and gentle with discipline.
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
The definition of woeful is something really bad or pathetic, or something characterized by sorrow or misery.
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happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
cheerful (antonym)
Willing; ready
Having suffered misfortune; pitiable
sorrowful (related)
reproachful (related)
ever-and-anon (related)
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tremulous (related)
Find another word for piteous. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for piteous, like: miserable, poor, rueful, pitiful, wretched, pathetic, pitiable, ruthful, commiserative, compassionate and condolatory.