单词	piteously
释义	piteouspit‧e‧ous /ˈpɪtiəs/ adjective literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINpiteous Origin: 1200-1300 Old French piteus, from Latin pietas; ➔ PITY1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the piteous cries of hungry children EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A piteous cry revealed the occupants' identity. Angry, snarling crying; piteous moaning. But finally she is apparently moved by the piteous sight of the distressed supplicant and laboriously counts out 995 roubles change. Grin stood at the top of the stairway and let out a piteous yowl. Irritable, piteous wailing, even a snarling cry. Nor did he have to present himself as piteous in order to feed his everlasting hunger for sympathy. The massacre was shameful, the losses piteous. expressing suffering and sadness in a way that makes you feel pity:  She gave a long piteous cry.—piteously adverb
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