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piteous

/ˈpɪtiəs/adjective

उच्चारण पिटिअस

करुण, दयनीय

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    literary

    deserving or causing you to feel pity

    करुण, दयनीय

    • a piteous cry
    • The piteous whimper of the injured puppy made the children stop.
    • The piteous cries of the lost calf could be heard across the field.
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    • She gave a piteous look that melted her father's anger.
    • A piteous sight greeted the rescuers after the flood.

    Synonyms pitiful pathetic heart-rending plaintive sorrowful

    Opposite cheerful joyful happy

≈Synonyms and antonyms
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pit·e·ous

With -e-ous (not 'pitious').

-e-ous के साथ ('pitious' नहीं)।

?Which word?

Keep apart piteous (causing pity: 'a piteous sight'), pitiable (deserving pity), pitiful (deserving pity; also very bad: 'a pitiful effort') and pitiless (showing no pity, cruel).

Piteous (दया जगाने वाला: 'a piteous sight'), pitiable (दया योग्य), pitiful (दया योग्य; बहुत खराब भी: 'a pitiful effort') और pitiless (दया न दिखाने वाला, क्रूर) को अलग रखिए।

Keep the sad words together: piteous, plaintive (sounding sad), heart-rending, woeful, doleful.

दुख के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: piteous, plaintive (दुखी सुनाई देने वाला), heart-rending, woeful, doleful।