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piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs, Am ˈpɪt̬-] ADJ

1. piteous (arousing pity):

piteous

2. piteous (heartbreaking):

piteous
to be a piteous sight

Usage examples with piteous

to be a piteous sight

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
She is so piteous in her misery.
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From time to time, we may still hear his piteous groans.
www.telegraph.co.uk
And all their piteous platitudes of pain.
en.wikipedia.org
Humor is wedged into the anguish to relieve tension, but it's the kind of piteous drollery only the young would find witty.
observer.com
Their piteous sense of entitlement and acute bigotry should yield to the influences of education, humaneness and culture.
thenationonlineng.net
Unnecessary pessimism, profanity and all sorts of evil and devilish thoughts and ideas are the brain children of this piteous notion.
www.greaterkashmir.com
Is there anything quite as piteous as a defeated boxer?
www.nzherald.co.nz
The sky and the air free of the piteous groans of the oppressed.
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The piteous weeping was weaker the second night.
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His lifeless blank expression was indeed a piteous sight.
www.independent.ie

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