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词汇 piteous
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Definition of piteous in English:

piteous

adjective ˈpɪtɪəsˈpɪdiəs
  • Deserving or arousing pity.

    可怜的,使人可怜的

    a piteous cry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The girl uttered a cry, long, tremulous, heart-rending, piteous.
    • Boromir's attempted martyrdom was a bit self piteous to be sympathetic.
    • There isn't a hint of jousting, sacred quests or piteous damsels.
    • Herr Schaal's voice was piteous; he was pleading.
    • So I'm bent by such grievous tortures, painful to suffer, piteous to behold.
    • Thus, the best form of tragedy is one that represents ‘terrible and piteous events’ that befall good and undeserving people.
    • Your piteous tribe has committed more to the eternal life and bliss after death then your life here and now.
    • Never in my life had I ever heard such a piteous sound.
    • This same mother will also tell you not to cut the tree, for it will bleed real blood during the night and cry out with a piteous wail.
    • Like a true piteous creature, she slobbered all over.
    • As the end neared, she lapsed into a semi-consciousness of raving and then piteous wailing.
    • She twisted her hands miserably, with a piteous expression on her face.
    • The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous.
    • Your efforts never fail to leave me laughing at your piteous attempts.
    • My heart goes out to Miss F - sorry for your piteous plight which I induced.
    • He'd long forgotten most of the words of this piteous lament, but that was no obstacle.
    • She had a hundred years experience when you were still a piteous little child!
    • The piteous 11 per cent conviction rate has to be explained somehow.
    • The court proved immune to these piteous cries and upheld the sentence, anyway.
    • He was crying into his lovely black feathers a piteous sound that tore at Star's heart.
    Synonyms
    distressing, sad, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, saddening, moving, affecting, touching, tear-jerking, plaintive, poignant, forlorn, poor, sorry, wretched, abject, miserable, tragic, woeful, lamentable, grievous
    sad, pitiful, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, distressing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, moving, affecting, touching, plaintive, poignant, forlorn, poor, wretched, abject, miserable, tragic, lamentable, grievous

Derivatives

  • piteously

  • adverb ˈpɪtɪəsliˈpɪdiəsli
    • The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The next minute you'll be crawling back under the covers and moaning piteously.
      • Young and old, they stand in corners, hands outstretched, mewing piteously.
      • I will now refrain from weeping piteously into my keyboard.
      • The woman chewed the herbs for a while, as if mulling them over slowly, and then swallowed piteously.
      • Vanya is too scared to jump, and stays up there, cold and shaking until his mother comes to rescue him, whereupon he weeps piteously.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French piteus, from Latin pietas 'piety, pity' (see piety).

Definition of piteous in US English:

piteous

adjectiveˈpɪdiəsˈpidēəs
  • Deserving or arousing pity.

    可怜的,使人可怜的

    a piteous cry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, the best form of tragedy is one that represents ‘terrible and piteous events’ that befall good and undeserving people.
    • She twisted her hands miserably, with a piteous expression on her face.
    • This same mother will also tell you not to cut the tree, for it will bleed real blood during the night and cry out with a piteous wail.
    • Your efforts never fail to leave me laughing at your piteous attempts.
    • So I'm bent by such grievous tortures, painful to suffer, piteous to behold.
    • The piteous 11 per cent conviction rate has to be explained somehow.
    • He'd long forgotten most of the words of this piteous lament, but that was no obstacle.
    • My heart goes out to Miss F - sorry for your piteous plight which I induced.
    • Herr Schaal's voice was piteous; he was pleading.
    • There isn't a hint of jousting, sacred quests or piteous damsels.
    • Like a true piteous creature, she slobbered all over.
    • Your piteous tribe has committed more to the eternal life and bliss after death then your life here and now.
    • The court proved immune to these piteous cries and upheld the sentence, anyway.
    • As the end neared, she lapsed into a semi-consciousness of raving and then piteous wailing.
    • The girl uttered a cry, long, tremulous, heart-rending, piteous.
    • Boromir's attempted martyrdom was a bit self piteous to be sympathetic.
    • Never in my life had I ever heard such a piteous sound.
    • The songbirds had returned, but their calls sounded ever so plaintive and piteous.
    • She had a hundred years experience when you were still a piteous little child!
    • He was crying into his lovely black feathers a piteous sound that tore at Star's heart.
    Synonyms
    distressing, sad, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, disturbing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, saddening, moving, affecting, touching, tear-jerking, plaintive, poignant, forlorn, poor, sorry, wretched, abject, miserable, tragic, woeful, lamentable, grievous
    sad, pitiful, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, distressing, heart-rending, heartbreaking, moving, affecting, touching, plaintive, poignant, forlorn, poor, wretched, abject, miserable, tragic, lamentable, grievous

Origin

Middle English: from Old French piteus, from Latin pietas ‘piety, pity’ (see piety).

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