The meaning of Piteous

adjective

(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Usage examples:

His letter plunged her into abject misery

adjective

Touching the emotions; moving.

Usage examples:

A highly affecting account of her experiences in prison

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

adjective

Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting.

Usage examples:

Some very distressing news

verb

Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

I didn't mean to distress you

adjective

Upsetting or worrying

Usage examples:

The news reports about the famine were very distressing., it was deeply distressing for him to see …

adjective

Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.

Usage examples:

Forlorn figures at bus stops

adjective

Looking or feeling alone and sad because you need help but do not expect to get it

Usage examples:

As i left little bobby on his first day of school, he gave me such a forlorn look.

adjective

Causing overwhelming distress; very upsetting.

Usage examples:

It would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse

adjective

Causing extreme sadness

Usage examples:

A heartbreaking story, it is heartbreaking (for him) that he cannot see his children.

adjective

(of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.

Usage examples:

The industry is in a lamentable state

adjective

Regrettable

Usage examples:

A lamentable failure of nerve

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

In motion.

Usage examples:

A fast-moving river

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

The act or process of someone going to live or work in a different place, or of a company taking all or part of its business to a different place

Usage examples:

Any moving expenses will be paid by the company.

adjective

Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.

Usage examples:

She looked so pathetic that i bent down to comfort her

adjective

Causing feelings of sadness or sympathy

Usage examples:

I think it’s pathetic that only half of the eligible voters tend to vote., a pathetic excuse, berni…

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

Usage examples:

The men were in a pitiable condition

adjective

→  pitiful

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

Usage examples:

Two children in a very pitiful state

adjective

Something described as pitiful is not considered to be satisfactory or deserving of respect

Usage examples:

The party is a pitiful example of an opposition party., i was pitifully ill-informed.

adjective

Sounding sad and mournful.

Usage examples:

A plaintive cry

adjective

(esp. of a sound) having a sad quality

Usage examples:

I love the plaintive sound of the bagpipes.

adjective

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Usage examples:

A poignant reminder of the passing of time

adjective

Causing a feeling of sadness

Usage examples:

The monument is a poignant reminder of those who died in the war.

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

Usage examples:

I was sad and subdued

adjective

(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

abbreviation

Seasonal affective disorder.

adjective

Arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude.

Usage examples:

Your loyalty is very touching

preposition

Concerning; about.

Usage examples:

Discoveries touching the neglected traditions of the london boroughs

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Usage examples:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

adjective

Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.

Usage examples:

The shooting was a tragic accident

noun

Relating to tragedy in a literary work.

Usage examples:

The same rules apply whether the plot is tragic or comic

adjective

Very sad because connected with death and suffering

Usage examples:

Two men lost their lives in a tragic accident., a tragic actor, tragically, the side effects of the…

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…