He looked piteous, like a drowned mouse.
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Piteous
Synonyms for "piteous" (75 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
Breton
1 entries- truezus adj (pitiful)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жалък adj (pitiful)
- плачевен adj (pitiful)
Czech
1 entries- žalostný adj (pitiful)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompatinda adj (pitiful)
Finnish
2 entries- surkea adj (pitiful)
- säälittävä adj (pitiful)
French
1 entries- pitoyable adj (pitiful)
Irish
1 entries- truacánta adj (pitiful)
Macedonian
2 entries- жален adj (pitiful)
- живожален adj (pitiful)
Russian
1 entries- жа́лкий adj (pitiful)
Spanish
1 entries- lamentable adj (pitiful)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
She was in a piteous state.
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Poor piteous reasoning. Weak beyond contempt your haughty minds!
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"O queen, a tale too true, / too sad for words, thou biddest me repeat; / how Ilion perished, and the Danaan crew / her power and all her wailful realm o'erthrew: / the woes I saw, thrice piteous to behold, / and largely shared."
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