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# piteous

«piteous» in Mova's school dictionary: **so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (piteous)

### meaning for a pupil

Piteous means so sad or weak that it makes people feel pity. Old use, found in older stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a cry, a look or a sorrow that makes the hero or listener feel sorry

### examples

- They heard a loud, piteous cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteous/#x1)
- His piteous sobs filled the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteous/#x2)
- Her piteous face made everyone feel sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «piteous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.