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piteous

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  1. 1. a. Pious; devout. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Paltry; mean; pitiful. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. deserving or inciting pity Source: wordnet
  6. 6. j:100 s deserving or inciting pity Source: ecdict

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