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pity
[ pit-ee ]
noun
- sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
to feel pity for a starving child.
Synonyms: ,
- a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret:
What a pity you could not go!
adjective
- motivated by a sense of pity or sympathy for others or for oneself:
It seems he got the pity vote because of his personality, but his singing just wasn’t that great.
verb (used with object)
- to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with.
verb (used without object)
- to have compassion; feel pity.
pity
/ ˈ±èɪ³Ùɪ /
noun
- sympathy or sorrow felt for the sufferings of another
- have pity on or take pity onto have sympathy or show mercy for
- something that causes regret or pity
- an unfortunate chance
what a pity you can't come
- more's the pityit is highly regrettable (that)
verb
- tr to feel pity for
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è¾±³Ù²â¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
- ˈ±è¾±³Ù²â¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ç³Ü³Ù·±è¾±³Ù·²â verb (used with object) outpitied outpitying
- ³Ü²Ô·±è¾±³Ù·¾±±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pity1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pity1
Idioms and Phrases
- have / take pity, to show mercy or compassion.
More idioms and phrases containing pity
see for one's (pity's) sake ; take pity on .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"From pride to pity, that was devastating," Foreman said of the loss.
I just couldn't believe I'd lost the world title", he said, adding: "It went from pride to pity.
I can’t think of a more ill-advised choice than this flimsy film that wields pity like a sledgehammer, that puts no stock in the anger-management techniques that were a part of Majors’ sentence.
"It's a pity, because there is a lot of space and it's not being utilised for anything except passing by."
"I do worry about if people pity me with a speech impediment. If people pity me that means my stammer defines me, which it doesn't - but it's a part of me."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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