Plaintive vs Piteous - What's the difference?
plaintive | piteous | Synonyms |
pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) pious; devout
* Wyclif
(obsolete) compassionate; tender
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful
Plaintive is a synonym of piteous.
As adjectives the difference between plaintive and piteous
is that plaintive is sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic while piteous is pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.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)