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1. (n.) pity
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy.
2. pity
a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret:
What a pity you couldn't go!
3. (v.t.) pity
to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with.
4. (v.i.) pity
to have compassion; feel pity.
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1. (noun) commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
"the blind are too often objects of pity"
2. (noun) pity, shame
an unfortunate development
"it's a pity he couldn't do it"
3. (verb) compassion, pity
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
4. (verb) feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with
share the suffering of
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1. (noun) pity
a feeling of great sympathy or sorrow toward sb because they are in a bad situation
She felt pity for the people who had nothing left.
2. pity
it's a pity
used to say that you feel sorry or disappointed
It's a pity nobody called me.
3. pity
take pity on
to help sb you feel sorry for
A passing driver took pity on us and drove us to town.
4. (verb) pity
to feel sorry or sympathy for
I pity those people who had to wait all night.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Pity
piety
2. (noun) Pity
a feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration
3. (noun) Pity
a reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted
4. (verb) Pity
to feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering
5. (verb) Pity
to move to pity; -- used impersonally
6. (verb) Pity
to be compassionate; to show pity
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Sense: a feeling of sorrow for the troubles and sufferings of others
He felt a great pity for her.
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 Afrikaans: weemoed |
 Arabic: شَفَقَه |
 Bulgarian: състрадание |
 Brazilian: dó |
 Czech: lítost |
 German: das Mitleid |
 Danish: medlidenhed |
 Greek: οίκτος, λύπηση |
 Spanish: pena, compasión |
 Estonian: kaastunne |
 Farsi: ترحم |
 Finnish: sääli |
 French: pitié |
 Hebrew: רַחָמִים |
 Hindi: दया |
 Croatian: samilost |
 Hungarian: szánalom |
 Indonesian: kasihan |
 Icelandic: samúð |
 Italian: pietà |
 Japanese: 哀れみ |
 Korean: 동정, 연민 |
 Lithuanian: gailestis, užuojauta |
 Latvian: žēlums; līdzjūtība |
 Malay: belas kasihan |
 Dutch: medelijden |
 Norwegian: medynk, medlidenhet |
 Polish: litość |
 Persian: ترحم |
 Pashto: زړه سيزل، خواخوږى، كول اف |
 Portuguese: dó |
 Romanian: milă |
 Russian: жалость |
 Slovak: ľútosť |
 Slovenian: usmiljenje |
 Serbian: sažaljenje |
 Swedish: medlidande, medömkan |
 Thai: ความสงสาร |
 Turkish: acıma, merhamet |
 Taiwanese: 憐憫 |
 Ukrainian: жалість, співчуття |
 Urdu: ترس، رحم |
 Vietnamese: thương hại |
 Chinese: 怜悯 |
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