Pitiful vs. Piteous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pitiful and Piteous
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Pitiful
Inspiring or deserving pity.
Piteous
Demanding or arousing pity
A piteous appeal for help.
Pitiful
Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
Piteous
(Archaic) Pitying; compassionate.
Pitiful
(Archaic) Filled with pity or compassion.
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Piteous
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
Pitiful
Feeling pity; merciful.
Piteous
(obsolete) Showing devotion to God.
Pitiful
So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
Scotland has a pitiful climate.
Piteous
(obsolete) Showing compassion.
Pitiful
Of an amount or number: very small.
A pitiful number of students bothered to turn up.
Piteous
(obsolete) Of little importance or value.
Pitiful
In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
Piteous
Pious; devout.
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
Pitiful
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Piteous
Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender.
She was so charitable and so pitous.
Pitiful
Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
Piteous
Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case.
The most piteous tale of Lear.
Pitiful
To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Piteous
Paltry; mean; pitiful.
Pitiful
Inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
Their efforts were pathetic
Pitiable lack of character
Pitiful exhibition of cowardice
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
Pitiful
Bad; unfortunate;
My finances were in a deplorable state
A lamentable decision
Her clothes were in sad shape
A sorry state of affairs
Pitiful
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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