pity

Speech parts

1. pity - Noun

2. pity - Verb

3. pity - Interjection

Meaning

Piety.

A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.

To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.

To move to pity; -- used impersonally.

To be compassionate; to show pity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

compassion shame commiseration ruth mercy sympathy understanding concern regret sorrow kindness compassionate clemency pathos leniency
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Antonyms

depression gallows congratulation advantage violence drop
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Hypernyms

mercy sorrow misfortune grieve sympathy bad luck

Hyponyms

care sympathize commiserate sympathise

Phrases with the word

what a pity pity fuck more's the pity it's a pity no pity without pity

Derivatives

pities pitied pitying

Examples

the blind are too often objects of pity Source: Internet

it's a pity he couldn't do it Source: Internet

A big pity, the more so as the story of that era will not be found in any books of history or civic studies. Source: Internet

According to Church tradition, Veronica was moved with pity when she saw Jesus carrying his cross to Golgotha and gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Source: Internet

At the end of the 78-minute speech, the Democrats broke from protocol, rushed out of the chambers and, presumably, began a pity party. Source: Internet

But, as it is a dying cult, I thought it was a pity that all the knowledge should be lost, so in the end I was permitted to write, as fiction, something of what a witch believes in the novel High Magic's Aid. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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