English-Thai Dictionary

piteous

ADJ น่าสงสาร  น่าเวทนา  น่าสังเวช  affecting distressing lamentable na-song-san

 

piteously

ADV อย่าง น่าสงสาร  อย่าง น่าเวทนา  อย่าง น่าสังเวช  yang-na-song-san

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PITEOUS

a.[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.

 

PITEOUSLY

adv. In a piteous manner; with compassion. 1. Sorrowfully; mournfully.

 

PITEOUSNESS

n.Sorrowfulness. 1. Tenderness; compassion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PITEOUS

Pit "e *ous, a. Etym: [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity. ]

 

1. Pious; devout. [Obs. ] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif.

 

2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. "[She ] piteous of his case. " Pope. She was so charitable and so pitous. Chaucer.

 

3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. Spenser. The most piteous tale of Lear. Shak.

 

4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends. " Milton.

 

Syn. -- Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. -- Pit "e *ous *ly, adv. -- Pit "e *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

piteous

pit e ous |ˈpitēəs ˈpɪdiəs | ▶adjective deserving or arousing pity. DERIVATIVES pit e ous ly adverb, pit e ous ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French piteus, from Latin pietas ‘piety, pity ’ (see piety ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

piteous

pit |eous |ˈpɪtɪəs | ▶adjective deserving or arousing pity: a piteous cry. DERIVATIVES piteously adverb, piteousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French piteus, from Latin pietas ‘piety, pity ’ (see piety ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

piteous

piteous adjective a piteous cry: sad, pitiful, pitiable, pathetic, heart-rending, heartbreaking, moving, touching; plaintive, poignant, forlorn; poor, wretched, miserable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

piteous

piteous adjective a piteous cry /sight. See pitiful (sense 1 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

piteous

pit e ous /pɪ́tiəs /形容詞 1 哀れをさそう, 痛ましい (→pitiful ).2 〈人が 〉哀れんで, 哀れみを示して .～ly 副詞 哀れに, 悲しそうに .～ness 名詞 U 哀れさ .