piteousness
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɪt.i.əs.nəs/us/ˈpɪt̬.i.əs.nəs/thequalityofcausingyou tofeelsadnessandsympathy:
可怜Theybeggedwithprofessionalandremorselesspiteousness.他们带着装出来的可怜在祈求,丝毫没有真正的感情。
It wasn't thehysteriaof herwailingthat got to me so much as the piteousness.令我心生同情的不是她歇斯底里的哭号而是她那可怜的样子。
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piteous
- Hiswifepleaded, with all theaffectionand piteousness oflove.
- She willprobablydiewithheroicpiteousness.
- Igazedup at him withwonderandwildpiteousness.
Sympathy & compassion
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- better luck next timeidiom
- bleeding heart
- cheese
- hard/tough cheese!idiom
- heart-wrenching
- heart-wrenchingly
- pitiful
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pity
- poor
- relate
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- sympathy
- yourheart achesidiom
- yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom