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piteous
(encz) | piteous,dojímavý adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Piteous
(gcide) | Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See
Pity.]
1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]
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The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
--Wyclif.
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2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;
tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope.
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She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer.
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3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable;
lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser.
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The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak.
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4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton.
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Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful;
sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful;
compassionate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. --
Pit"e*ous*ness, n.
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piteous
(wn) | piteous
adj 1: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim";
"miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her
as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous
appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a
pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable,
misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable,
pitiful, poor, wretched] |
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piteously
(encz) | piteously,žalostně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
piteousness
(encz) | piteousness,dojímavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Despiteous
(gcide) | Despiteous \Des*pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus,
fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite.]
Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess;
cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] "Despiteous reproaches."
--Holland.
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Despiteously
(gcide) | Despiteously \Des*pit"e*ous*ly\, adv.
Despitefully. [Obs.]
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Dispiteous
(gcide) | Dispiteous \Dis*pit"e*ous\, a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf.
Despiteous.]
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. --Spenser. --
Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Dispiteously
(gcide) | Dispiteous \Dis*pit"e*ous\, a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf.
Despiteous.]
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. --Spenser. --
Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Impiteous
(gcide) | Impiteous \Im*pit"e*ous\, a.
Pitiless; cruel. [Obs.]
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Piteous
(gcide) | Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See
Pity.]
1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
--Wyclif.
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2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;
tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope.
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She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer.
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3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable;
lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser.
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The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak.
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4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton.
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Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful;
sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful;
compassionate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. --
Pit"e*ous*ness, n.
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Piteously
(gcide) | Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See
Pity.]
1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]
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The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
--Wyclif.
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2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;
tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope.
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She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer.
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3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable;
lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser.
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The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak.
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4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton.
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Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful;
sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful;
compassionate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. --
Pit"e*ous*ness, n.
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Piteousness
(gcide) | Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See
Pity.]
1. Pious; devout. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
--Wyclif.
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2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate;
tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope.
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She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer.
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3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable;
lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser.
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The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak.
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4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton.
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Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful;
sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful;
compassionate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"e*ous*ly, adv. --
Pit"e*ous*ness, n.
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piteously
(wn) | piteously
adv 1: in a piteous manner |
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