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Pity
ˈpɪti
Pity definitions
noun
pities
pity
- the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others
"her voice was full of pity"
compassion commiseration condolence sorrow regret sadness distress sympathy fellow feeling understanding feeling emotion - a cause for regret or disappointment
"it's a pity you didn't contact us first"
shame crying shame cause for regret/disappointment source of regret sad thing unfortunate thing bad luck misfortune
verb
pities
pitying
pitied
pity
- feel sorrow for the misfortunes of
"I could see from their faces that they pitied me"
feel sorry for feel pity for feel for feel sympathy for feel someone's pain sympathize with be sympathetic towards empathize with commiserate with have compassion for be compassionate towards take pity on be moved by bleed for have one's heart go out to condole with weep for grieve for