Associations to the word «Piteous»

Adjective

Dear
Wounded
Painful
Fell
Little
Strange
Brave
Lovely
Soul
Cheek
Sudden
Turned
Quiet
Lay
Ye
Precious
Lifted
Conscious
Fixed
Fresh
Woman
Noble
Bitter
Drawn
Hearing
Lonely
Harsh
Broke
Tied

Verb

Rouse
Sink
Look
Break
Throw
Let
Slay
Turn
Tear
Wear
Address
Seem
Draw
Answer
Flee
Speak

Adverb

Indeed
How
Aloud
Almost

Wiktionary

PITEOUS, adjective. Pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.

PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) pious; devout

PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) compassionate; tender

PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful

Dictionary definition

PITEOUS, adjective. Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.