piteous vs miserable

piteous and miserable both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
piteous	No	Yes	No	No
miserable	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, piteous and miserable are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of piteous include hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched.

piteous (adjective)	miserable (adjective)
deserving or inciting pity	of the most contemptible kind
	of very poor quality or condition
	contemptibly small in amount
	characterized by physical misery
	deserving or inciting pity
	very unhappy; full of misery