adj. Pious; devout. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. Paltry; mean; pitiful.
Syn. - Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate.