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Piteous


PIT'EOUS, adjective [See Pity.] Sorrowful; mournful; that may excite pity; as a piteous look.

1. Wretched; miserable; deserving compassion; as a piteous condition.

2. Compassionate; affected by pity.

3. Pitiful; paltry; poor; as piteous amends.