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[ pit-ee-ing ] / ˈpɪt i ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pitying ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefull of or expressing pity: a pitying look. Origin of pityingFirst recorded in 1640–50; pity + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM pityingpit·y·ing·ly, adverbun·pit·y·ing, adjectiveWords nearby pityingpituitary myxedema, pituitous, pituri, pit viper, pity, pitying, pityriasis, pityriasis alba, pityriasis linguae, pityriasis rosea, pityriasis rubra Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pityingWhat should have been a moment of reckoning for a selfish, serial liar instead ended with us pitying him. The Walking Dead’s ‘Self Help’: A Grim Show Displays Its Comedy Streak, and A Major Reveal|Melissa Leon|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Galina slipped in for a moment and with a pitying look gave me a blanket. Inside Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story of a Girl’s Abduction|Annick Cojean|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Oh, thank God,” I said, pitying them but comforted to hear a valid excuse. My Disney Cruise from Hell|Laura Bennett|April 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST I groaned, my nerves quivering under the pitying eye of the cabman, and the early-Christian-martyr expression of Phyllis. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon|C. N. Williamson
His disappointment grew keener; where he had looked for grief he found no more than an expression of pitying concern. The Tavern Knight|Rafael Sabatini I hate to pose as a sort of turned-out heiress, and have them pitying me. A harum-scarum schoolgirl|Angela Brazil He looked down on the frightened man with a sort of pitying scorn. King Spruce, A Novel|Holman Day Malachy pitying him prayed, bidding the sick boy in the meantime to sleep there upon the ground. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh|H. J. Lawlor
Words related to pityingtender, compassionate, understanding, condoling, sympathizing, commiserative, condolatory, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, supportive, sympathetic, thoughtful |