piteous

Words with a similar base: piteous

'piteous'

[hapless.s.01] as in: deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy

Examples:
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

Origins

					piteous (English)
└── pitous (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── piteus (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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