English > piteous: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | deserving or inciting pity. |
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| Example | "piteous appeals for help" |
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| Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
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| Spanish | cuitado, desafortunado, desdichado, desgraciado, desventurado, infeliz, infortunado, lastimoso, miserable, mísero, pobre, triste |
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| Catalan | desafortunat, desgraciat, desventurat, dissortat, infeliç, llastimós, miserable, pobre, trist |
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| Nouns | pity | an unfortunate / unfortunate development |
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| pity | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| Adverbs | piteously | in a piteous manner |
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