Origin: Latin suffix -ous
Piteous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
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"
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy.