pity

1 of 2

noun

ˈpi-tē

plural pities

: sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy

: capacity to feel pity

: something to be regretted

it's a pity you can't go

pity

2 of 2

verb

pitied; pitying

transitive verb

: to feel pity for

intransitive verb

: to feel pity

Example Sentences

Noun She has had a hard life and deserves your pity. I felt deep pity for the lost dog. He didn't live to see his daughter grow up, and that's a pity. Verb I pity anyone who has to work at that place. I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

So pity John Bacon, a 72-year-old retiree of Cleveland, Ohio. —

Kirsten Grind, WSJ, 23 May 2022 His loyal customers didn’t let Lycke wallow in self-pity for long. —

Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2023 But Johnson didn’t wallow in self-pity, instead focusing on other ways to contribute to the program. —

Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023 On the flip side, emotional tributes to Harry’s grandmother, her late majesty Queen Elizabeth II, invariably saluted the monarch’s life of service, sense of duty, and lack of self-pity. —

Mohamed El Aassar, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022 To push through the frustration and self-pity early that week, though, the Buckeyes needed Tuimoloau’s call to action. —

Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022 Whether the example is Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, or a random teenager getting big on TikTok, fame can make musical memoirists fall into self-pity, resulting in an overabundance of art about being rich and lonely. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022 Initially, Paula didn’t seem too miserable, stationed in his special chair in the living room, snacking prolifically and playing on the PS5, collecting pity leftovers from any member of the household who’d eaten dinner out. —

Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022 It’s followed by a monologue revealing the self-pity the filmmakers were trying to avoid. —

Armond White, National Review, 14 Dec. 2022

Verb

Lenù’s best friend, Lila, shows no signs of development; for this, Lenù seems to pity her. —

Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022 So my grandmother knew that if we weren’t circumcised, people would pity us. —

Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2021 When things don’t go well, the audience is meant to pity her as just another victim of Leighton Meester’s queen bee, Blair Waldorf. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021 Because our parents made a choice—the choice to migrate—few people pity them, or wonder whether restitution should be made for decades of exploitation. —

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021 And pity the fool who goes out too hard, which is a bad idea in any kind of racing but can result in severe oxygen debt at altitude in snowshoes. —

John Meyer, The Know, 18 Feb. 2020 Cut off from his language, culture, profession and passions, stripped of his fancy degrees, bitter and self-pitying and at least said to be suicidal, Mengele always knew how history would judge him. —

David Margolick, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020 Is that a way to get us to almost pity him for his professed inadequacies as a husband and father? —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020 For this reason everybody pitied them no less than the sufferers. —

Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020 See More

pity 1 of 2

noun

as in shame

a regrettable or blameworthy act it's a pity the woodchuck ate all the flowers after you put so much effort into the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

shame
disgrace
crime
sin
scandal
outrage

as in sympathy

the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune a woman of boundless pity who tried to care for every abandoned animal she found

Synonyms & Similar Words

sympathy
kindness
compassion
mercy
ruth
heart
feeling
commiseration
generosity
feelings
humanity
sensitivity
kindliness
good-heartedness
kindheartedness
love
empathy
warmheartedness
charity
responsiveness
affection
regard
largeheartedness
softheartedness
sensibility
bigheartedness
altruism
goodwill
benevolence
affinity
humanism
humaneness
rapport
benignity
humanitarianism
philanthropy
benignancy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

indifference
inhumanity
pitilessness
mercilessness
coldness
disinterest
unconcern
callousness
cruelty
hatred
hard-heartedness
coldheartedness
animosity
dislike
hostility
harshness
inhumanness
antipathy

pity

2 of 2

verb

as in to compassionate

to have sympathy for I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather

Synonyms & Similar Words

compassionate
love
understand
bleed (for)
sympathize (with)
commiserate (with)
feel (for)
tolerate
condole (with)
ache (for)
yearn (over)
sorrow (for)
grieve (for)
empathize (with)
identify (with)
care (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ignore
hate
disregard
neglect
overlook
dislike
scorn

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of pity are commiseration, compassion, condolence, and sympathy. While all these words mean "the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another," pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress.

felt pity for the captives

The words commiseration and pity can be used in similar contexts, but commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort.

murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters

While in some cases nearly identical to pity, compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare.

treats the homeless with great compassion

The synonyms condolence and pity are sometimes interchangeable, but condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss.

expressed their condolences to the widow

In some situations, the words sympathy and pity are roughly equivalent. However, sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort.

went to my best friend for sympathy

in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents

单词	pity
释义	pity 1 of 2 noun ˈpi-tē plural pities 1 a : sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy b : capacity to feel pity 2 : something to be regretted it's a pity you can't go pity 2 of 2 verb pitied; pitying transitive verb : to feel pity for intransitive verb : to feel pity Synonyms Noun crime disgrace shame sin Verb ache (for) bleed (for) commiserate (with) compassionate condole (with) feel (for) sympathize (with) yearn (over) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun She has had a hard life and deserves your pity. I felt deep pity for the lost dog. He didn't live to see his daughter grow up, and that's a pity. Verb I pity anyone who has to work at that place. I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather. Recent Examples on the Web Noun So pity John Bacon, a 72-year-old retiree of Cleveland, Ohio. —Kirsten Grind, WSJ, 23 May 2022 His loyal customers didn’t let Lycke wallow in self-pity for long. —Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2023 But Johnson didn’t wallow in self-pity, instead focusing on other ways to contribute to the program. —Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023 On the flip side, emotional tributes to Harry’s grandmother, her late majesty Queen Elizabeth II, invariably saluted the monarch’s life of service, sense of duty, and lack of self-pity. —Mohamed El Aassar, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022 To push through the frustration and self-pity early that week, though, the Buckeyes needed Tuimoloau’s call to action. —Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022 Whether the example is Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, or a random teenager getting big on TikTok, fame can make musical memoirists fall into self-pity, resulting in an overabundance of art about being rich and lonely. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022 Initially, Paula didn’t seem too miserable, stationed in his special chair in the living room, snacking prolifically and playing on the PS5, collecting pity leftovers from any member of the household who’d eaten dinner out. —Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022 It’s followed by a monologue revealing the self-pity the filmmakers were trying to avoid. —Armond White, National Review, 14 Dec. 2022 Verb Lenù’s best friend, Lila, shows no signs of development; for this, Lenù seems to pity her. —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022 So my grandmother knew that if we weren’t circumcised, people would pity us. —Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2021 When things don’t go well, the audience is meant to pity her as just another victim of Leighton Meester’s queen bee, Blair Waldorf. —Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021 Because our parents made a choice—the choice to migrate—few people pity them, or wonder whether restitution should be made for decades of exploitation. —Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021 And pity the fool who goes out too hard, which is a bad idea in any kind of racing but can result in severe oxygen debt at altitude in snowshoes. —John Meyer, The Know, 18 Feb. 2020 Cut off from his language, culture, profession and passions, stripped of his fancy degrees, bitter and self-pitying and at least said to be suicidal, Mengele always knew how history would judge him. —David Margolick, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020 Is that a way to get us to almost pity him for his professed inadequacies as a husband and father? —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2020 For this reason everybody pitied them no less than the sufferers. —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Phrases Containing pity have mercy/pity take pity on self-pity more's the pity have mercy/pity take pity on self-pity more's the pity Kids Definition pity 1 of 2 noun ˈpit-ē plural pities 1 : sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy : compassion 2 : something to be regretted it's a pity you can't go pity 2 of 2 verb pitied; pitying : to feel pity for pity 1 of 2 noun 1 as in shame a regrettable or blameworthy act it's a pity the woodchuck ate all the flowers after you put so much effort into the garden Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance shame disgrace crime sin scandal outrage 2 as in sympathy the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune a woman of boundless pity who tried to care for every abandoned animal she found Synonyms & Similar Words sympathy kindness compassion mercy ruth heart feeling commiseration generosity feelings humanity sensitivity kindliness good-heartedness kindheartedness love empathy warmheartedness charity responsiveness affection regard largeheartedness softheartedness sensibility bigheartedness altruism goodwill benevolence affinity humanism humaneness rapport benignity humanitarianism philanthropy benignancy Antonyms & Near Antonyms indifference inhumanity pitilessness mercilessness coldness disinterest unconcern callousness cruelty hatred hard-heartedness coldheartedness animosity dislike hostility harshness inhumanness antipathy See More pity 2 of 2 verb as in to compassionate to have sympathy for I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather Synonyms & Similar Words compassionate love understand bleed (for) sympathize (with) commiserate (with) feel (for) tolerate condole (with) ache (for) yearn (over) sorrow (for) grieve (for) empathize (with) identify (with) care (for) Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignore hate disregard neglect overlook dislike scorn See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of pity are commiseration, compassion, condolence, and sympathy. While all these words mean "the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another," pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives The words commiseration and pity can be used in similar contexts, but commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort. murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters While in some cases nearly identical to pity, compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare. treats the homeless with great compassion The synonyms condolence and pity are sometimes interchangeable, but condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss. expressed their condolences to the widow In some situations, the words sympathy and pity are roughly equivalent. However, sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort. went to my best friend for sympathy in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents
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pity

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