hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
piteous (comparative more piteous, superlative most piteous)
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.
Synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending, lamentable, pathetic, pitiful
(obsolete) Showing devotion to God.
Synonyms: devout, pious
(obsolete) Showing compassion.
Synonyms: compassionate, tender
(obsolete) Of little importance or value.
Synonyms: miserable, paltry, pathetic, mean, pitiful
• poustie
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
