Doleful vs Piteous - What's the difference?
doleful | piteous | Synonyms |
Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) pious; devout
* Wyclif
(obsolete) compassionate; tender
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful
Doleful is a synonym of piteous.
As adjectives the difference between doleful and piteous
is that doleful is filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness while piteous is pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.doleful
English
Adjective
(er)- The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.
piteous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The most piteous tale of Lear.
- The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation.
- [She was] piteous of his case.
- (Milton)