| 单词 | piteous |
| 释义 | piteous[ pit-ee-uhs ] / ˈpɪt i əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR piteous ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveevoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help. Archaic. compassionate. Origin of piteous1250–1300; Middle English; replacing pitous<Old French <Medieval Latin pietōsus.See pity, -ous SYNONYMS FOR piteous1 affecting, moving, distressing, lamentable, woeful, sad, wretched, sorrowful. SEE SYNONYMS FOR piteous ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for piteous1. See pitiful. OTHER WORDS FROM piteousWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH piteouspiteous , pitiable, pitiful (see synonym study at pitiful)Words nearby piteouspitch surface, pitch wart, pitch woo, pitchy, pit dwelling, piteous, Pitesti, pitfall, pit grave, pith, pithead Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piteousBritish Dictionary definitions for piteouspiteous / (ˈpɪtɪəs) / adjectiveexciting or deserving pity archaic having or expressing pity Derived forms of piteouspiteously, adverbpiteousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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