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Definition of Piteous
1. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Pathos, Pity, Pity, Wretchedness
Definition of Piteous
1. a. Pious; devout.
Definition of Piteous
1. Adjective. pitiful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piteous
1. pitiful [adj] - See also: pitiful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piteous
Literary usage of Piteous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"piteous signifies moving pity (». Pity.) RUEFUL or full of rue, from the German
reuen to repent, signifies indicative of mach sorrow. WOFUL or full of wo, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Some comfort might it be If I and she, whose piteous fate it was To bear thee,
now might satisfy our souls With tears and lamentation o'er thy corse. ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"PITIABLE, piteous, PITIFUL. ... signifies deserving of jut;/; piteous, moving
Р^У- PITIFUL, full of that which awakens pity- a ..."
4. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"... and broke his promise to Justinian to ask for no money for the war,—if such
a promise was ever made,—by sending to Constantinople the following piteous ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"The harlots are Magdalenes, piteous and tearful, repenting themselves in postures
of beautiful remorse. The audience of Jesus groups il.solf with artistic ..."
6. Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth (1900)
"I particularly love that smell, — it brings before me the entire benevolence of
Nature, for ever working death and decay, so piteous in themselves, ..."
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