| ADJECTIVE | all | piteous, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | deserving or inciting pity |
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| Meaning | deserving or inciting pity. | |
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| Example | "piteous appeals for help" | |
| Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | |
| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
| Spanish | cuitado, desafortunado, desdichado, desgraciado, desventurado, infeliz, infortunado, lastimoso, miserable, mísero, pobre, triste | |
| Catalan | desafortunat, desgraciat, desventurat, dissortat, infeliç, llastimós, miserable, pobre, trist | |
| Nouns | pity | an unfortunate / unfortunate development |
| pity | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | |
| Adverbs | piteously | in a piteous manner |
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