piteous 的定义
- evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- Archaic. compassionate.
piteous 近义词
miserable, pathetic
更多piteous例句
- It was piteous to see how in these intervals his delusions were always shaped by the bitterest experiences of his life.
- Human and animal cries blended in one piteous appeal for mercy.
- And an answering cry sounded across the lagoon—thin, wailing, piteous.
- The colored woman came running, and with her Grace, who looked at the wan features of the soldier with piteous eyes.
- His childhood, except when he could be rocked and sung into sickly sleep, was one long piteous wail.