Defenition of the word pity
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Defenition of the word pity
- To express sympathy or compassion; to feel sorrow, pain, or regret.
- Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
- To feel regret and sorrow for someone else because of their suffering or misfortune.
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
- the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
- share the suffering of
- an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
- an unfortunate development; "it''s a pity he couldn''t do it"
- an unfortunate development
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Synonyms for the word pity
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- commiseration
- compassion
- compassionate
- condole with
- feel for
- pathos
- ruth
- shame
- sympathize with
- sympathy
Hyponyms for the word pity
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- care
- commiserate
- sympathise
- sympathize
Hypernyms for the word pity
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- bad luck
- fellow feeling
- grieve
- mercifulness
- mercy
- misfortune
- sorrow
- sympathy
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