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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
piteous is an adjective meaning "deserving or inciting pity". It carries one recorded sense.
deserving or inciting pity
“a hapless victim”
“miserable victims of war”
“the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic”
“piteous appeals for help”
“pitiable homeless children”
“a pitiful fate”
“Oh, you poor thing”
“his poor distorted limbs”
“a wretched life”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for piteous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.