PITEOUS


Meaning of PITEOUS in English

adj pious; devout.

2. piteous ·adj paltry; mean; pitiful.

3. piteous ·adj evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.

4. piteous ·adj fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.

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