pityingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɪdiɪŋ/

Forms: see pity v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pity v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier pitiful adj.

That pities; that feels, shows, or expresses pity; compassionate; †grieving (obsolete).Now frequently with notion of disdain or mild contempt (see pity v. 1, and cf. pitiful adj. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate

ruefulc1225

ruthfulc1225

piteousc1300

pietousa1393

rueinga1400

piec1429

compassionable1548

compassioned?1578

miserable1584

compassionate1587

pitying1589

eleemosynous?1590

humane1603

compassionful1604

remorsive1606

remorseful1610

compassive1612

yearnful1633

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **3^v Till shee (I saie) as a pittying mother, put too her helping hande.

1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux f. 10^v Pittying eyes Suruayd mee.

1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 137 Their tears..pierce the hearts of their pittying neighbors.

1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 152 With pitying Eyes the Prince of Grace Beheld our helpless Grief.

1773 'Twas Wrong to marry Him I. 171 ‘Does your head ach?’ said she, with pitying accents.

1848 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 34 If I had not felt a pitying interest in the man.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 233 Generally dismissed with a pitying shrug of the shoulders.

1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. x. 212 I saw from the pitying way she sucked the bead of blood from her finger how much she pitied me.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xii. 357 She pursues Ormus into the hot tub in the spa wing and interrogates him with pitying wonder dripping from her wide blue eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitying
释义	pityingadj. Brit. /ˈpɪtɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɪdiɪŋ/ Forms: see pity v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < pity v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier pitiful adj. That pities; that feels, shows, or expresses pity; compassionate; †grieving (obsolete).Now frequently with notion of disdain or mild contempt (see pity v. 1, and cf. pitiful adj. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > pitying or compassionate ruefulc1225 ruthfulc1225 piteousc1300 pietousa1393 rueinga1400 piec1429 compassionable1548 compassioned?1578 miserable1584 compassionate1587 pitying1589 eleemosynous?1590 humane1603 compassionful1604 remorsive1606 remorseful1610 compassive1612 yearnful1633 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. *3^v Till shee (I saie) as a pittying mother, put too her helping hande. 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux* f. 10^v Pittying eyes Suruayd mee. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 137 Their tears..pierce the hearts of their pittying neighbors. 1707 I. Watts Hymns & Spiritual Songs ii. 152 With pitying Eyes the Prince of Grace Beheld our helpless Grief. 1773 'Twas Wrong to marry Him I. 171 ‘Does your head ach?’ said she, with pitying accents. 1848 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 34 If I had not felt a pitying interest in the man. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 233 Generally dismissed with a pitying shrug of the shoulders. 1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. x. 212 I saw from the pitying way she sucked the bead of blood from her finger how much she pitied me. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xii. 357 She pursues Ormus into the hot tub in the spa wing and interrogates him with pitying wonder dripping from her wide blue eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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