Pitiable vs. Piteous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pitiable and Piteous
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Pitiable
Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
Piteous
Demanding or arousing pity
A piteous appeal for help.
Pitiable
Arousing disdainful pity.
Piteous
(Archaic) Pitying; compassionate.
Pitiable
That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
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Piteous
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
Pitiable
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Piteous
(obsolete) Showing devotion to God.
Pitiable
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
Their efforts were pathetic
Pitiable lack of character
Pitiful exhibition of cowardice
Piteous
(obsolete) Showing compassion.
Pitiable
Deserving or inciting pity;
A hapless victim
Miserable victims of war
The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Piteous appeals for help
Pitiable homeless children
A pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
His poor distorted limbs
A wretched life
Piteous
(obsolete) Of little importance or value.
Piteous
Pious; devout.
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
Piteous
Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
She was so charitable and so pitous.
Piteous
Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
The most piteous tale of Lear.
Piteous
Paltry; mean; pitiful.
Piteous
Deserving or inciting pity;
A hapless victim
Miserable victims of war
The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Piteous appeals for help
Pitiable homeless children
A pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
His poor distorted limbs
A wretched life
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