Usually means: Evoking or deserving of pity.
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  1. piteousness: Merriam-Webster
  2. piteousness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. piteousness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. piteousness: Wordnik
  5. piteousness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. piteousness: Wiktionary
  7. piteousness: Dictionary.com
  8. Piteousness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. piteousness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. piteousness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. piteousness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. piteousness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The condition of being piteous

Similar:
pittie, pitying, piosity, pitier, pity pie, penthos, pathos, pining, pity potty, pity party, more...

Opposite:
dignity, grace, composure, poise, self-possession

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Similar:
pittie, pitying, piosity, pitier, pity pie, penthos, pathos, pining, pity potty, pity party, more...

Opposite:
dignity, grace, composure, poise, self-possession



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