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Pithiest
- adjective - concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
Pithless
- - Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble.
Pitiable
- adjective - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
Pitiably
- adverb - in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically"
Pitiless
- adjective - deficient in humane and kindly feelings
- Most hard hearted
- without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
Pitprops
- noun - a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
Pittacal
- - A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue.
Pittance
- noun - an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"