deserving+pity
11THE MIDDLE AGES — …
12piteous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grievous, sorrowful; pitiable, pathetic; wretched, miserable. See pain, pity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pitiful, wretched, miserable; see pitiful 1 . See Synonym Study at pitiful . III (Roget s 3… …
13pitiful — pit•i•ful [[t]ˈpɪt ɪ fəl[/t]] adj. 1) evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate[/ex] 2) arousing contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts[/ex] 3) archaic full of pity; compassionate • Etymology: 1400–50 pit′i•ful•ly, adv. syn:… …
14pitiable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) , adj. miserable, paltry, wretched, deplorable;insignificant, woeful, pathetic. See badness, pain, pity, contempt. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Arousing or deserving pity: pathetic, piteous,… …
15poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
16pitiful — c.1300, compassionate (implied in pitifully), from PITY (Cf. pity) + FUL (Cf. ful). Sense of exciting or deserving pity is from mid 15c.; that of mean, wretched, contemptible is 1580s …
17piteous — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… …
18pitiable — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… …
19pitiful — piteous, pitiable, pitiful All three words are recorded from Middle English and share the basic meaning ‘arousing pity’ and are to some extent interchangeable (as in The abandoned children were a piteous sight), although pitiful is the most… …
20pit´e|ous|ness — pit|e|ous «PIHT ee uhs», adjective. 1. to be pitied; moving the heart; deserving pity: »The starving children were a piteous sight. SYNONYM(S): pathetic, pitiable. See syn. under pitiful. (Cf. ↑pitiful) 2. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate;… …
