All piteous synonyms
pit·e·ous
P p adj piteous
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- beefing — the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- doleful — sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- dolent — (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
adjective piteous
- entreating — Present participle of entreat.
- woeful — full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
adverb piteous
- wretchedly — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.