What is another word for piteous?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪti͡əs], [ pˈɪtiəs], [ p_ˈɪ_t_iə_s]
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Synonyms for Piteous:
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adj.
• doleful • pitiful • sorry • compassionate • heartrending • miserable- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- scurvier ,
- scurviest .
- grief stricken ,
- more beefing ,
- more bellyaching ,
- more grousing ,
- more saddening ,
- more wailing ,
- most beefing ,
- most bellyaching ,
- most grousing ,
- most saddening ,
- most wailing ,
- out sorts ,
- wailing .
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more agitating ,
- most agitating ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
Other synonyms:
- compassionate ,
- pitying ,
- rueful .
- feelings ,
- sympathetic .
Other relevant words:
- Afflicting ,
- Broken-hearted ,
- Commiserable ,
- Discomforting ,
- Dolorific ,
- Entreating ,
- Pathetical ,
- Star-crossed ,
- Supplicating ,
- abject ,
- accident ,
- adversity ,
- affecting ,
- affective ,
- affliction ,
- afflictive ,
- agonizing ,
- appalling ,
- awful ,
- bad ,
- bad luck ,
- bale ,
- bathos ,
- beseeching ,
- bitter ,
- bleak ,
- blue ,
- calamitous ,
- calamity ,
- catastrophe ,
- catastrophic ,
- chap-fallen ,
- cheerless ,
- comfortless ,
- crestfallen ,
- crushing ,
- curse ,
- dejected ,
- deplorable ,
- depressed ,
- depressing ,
- depressive ,
- desolate ,
- despicable ,
- disaster ,
- disastrous ,
- disconsolate ,
- disheartened ,
- disheartening ,
- dismal ,
- dismaying ,
- dispirited ,
- distressful ,
- distressing ,
- disturbance ,
- disturbing ,
- dole ,
- doleful ,
- dolorous ,
- doomed ,
- downcast ,
- dreadful ,
- dreary ,
- emotional ,
- emotive ,
- excruciating ,
- execrable ,
- fatality ,
- funereal ,
- gloomy ,
- grief-stricken ,
- grievous ,
- gross ,
- hapless ,
- hardscrabble ,
- hardship ,
- harrowing ,
- heart-breaking ,
- heartbreaking ,
- heartrending ,
- heartsick ,
- heavy-hearted ,
- horrible ,
- humiliation ,
- ill ,
- ill-fated ,
- ill-omened ,
- ill-starred ,
- imploring ,
- in the doldrums ,
- inadequate ,
- inauspicious ,
- inconsolable ,
- infelicity ,
- joyless ,
- lachrymose ,
- lamenting ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- luckless ,
- lugubrious ,
- measly ,
- mediocre ,
- melancholy ,
- merciful ,
- misadventure ,
- mischance ,
- misery ,
- misfortunate ,
- morose ,
- mournful ,
- moving ,
- painful ,
- paltry ,
- plaintive ,
- poignant ,
- poor ,
- poor person ,
- regretful ,
- regrettable ,
- ridiculous ,
- ruined ,
- sad ,
- saddening ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- sharp ,
- shocking ,
- short ,
- silly ,
- slimy ,
- sore ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- squalid ,
- stirring ,
- suffering ,
- tearful ,
- terrible ,
- touching ,
- tragedy ,
- tragic ,
- tragical ,
- ugly ,
- uncomfortable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unhappy ,
- unlucky ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- upsetting ,
- woe ,
- woebegone ,
- woeful ,
- wretched .
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How to use "Piteous" in context?
Piteous descriptions usually denote extreme emotions of sorrow, regret, and despair. They are often used to describe things or situations that evoke strong negative reactions, typically because they seem particularly damaging, unfair or undeserved. Despite this, phraseology that evokes pity can be quite powerful, lending credibility to a message and drawing sympathy from the reader.
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