piteous

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das beschreibt, dass etwas Mitleid oder Erbarmen hervorruft; im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

An archaic adjective describing something that evokes pity or compassion; now rarely used in modern English.

1. Deserving or inciting pityC1formal

   Arousing or deserving of pity, compassion, or sympathy due to suffering or distress.

   Erbärmlich

   • The piteous cries of the lost child could be heard from across the street.
   • He looked at the homeless man with a piteous expression.
   • The piteous state of the abandoned animals moved everyone to tears.

   Synonymedistressinglamentablemiserablepatheticpitiablepitifulsorrowfulwoefulwretched

   Antonymecallouscruelheartlessmercilesspitilessunfeelingunsympathetic