PITEOUS Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word piteous. (close relations)
Definition of PITEOUS
Best Alternative Words for PITEOUS
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miserable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very unhappy; full of misery • deserving or inciting pity • of the most contemptible kind • of very poor quality or condition • characterized by physical misery • contemptibly small in amount | ||||||||
pitiful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • inspiring mixed contempt and pity • bad; unfortunate • deserving or inciting pity | ||||||||
heartbreaking | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing or marked by grief or anguish | ||||||||
heartrending | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing or marked by grief or anguish | ||||||||
lamentable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
distressing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
doleful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||||
grievous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • causing or marked by grief or anguish • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought • shockingly brutal or cruel | ||||||||
mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||||
sad | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||||
tragic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy adjective satellite • very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction | ||||||||
woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||||
pathetic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deserving or inciting pity • inspiring mixed contempt and pity • inspiring scornful pity | ||||||||
compassionate | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • showing or having compassion verb • share the suffering of | ||||||||
devout | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • deeply religious • sincerely earnest | ||||||||
mean | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n adjective satellite • approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value • characterized by malice • having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality • marked by poverty befitting a beggar • (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity • (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt • of no value or worth • very good; of the highest quality verb • mean or intend to express or convey • have as a logical consequence • denote or connote • have in mind as a purpose • have a specified degree of importance • intend to refer to • destine or designate for a certain purpose | ||||||||
paltry | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not worth considering • contemptibly small in amount | ||||||||
pious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity | ||||||||
tender | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality • easy to cut or chew • physically untoughened noun • something that can be used as an official medium of payment • someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another • a formal proposal to buy at a specified price • car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water • a boat for communication between ship and shore • ship that usually provides supplies to other ships adjective satellite • hurting • young and immature • having or displaying warmth or affection • (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail • (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition verb • offer or present for acceptance • propose a payment • make a tender of; in legal settlements • make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | ||||||||