piteous
pi·teous
adjective
1.
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”
Origin
From Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus.
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