Associations to the word «Piteous»

Wiktionary

PITEOUS, adjective. Pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.
PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) pious; devout
PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) compassionate; tender
PITEOUS, adjective. (obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful

Dictionary definition

PITEOUS, 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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke