Save Word. Definition of pity Entry 1 of 2. Definition of pity Entry 2 of 2. Synonyms for pity Synonyms: Noun crime , disgrace , shame , sin Synonyms: Verb ache for , bleed for , commiserate with , compassionate , condole with , feel for , sympathize with , yearn over Visit the Thesaurus for More.
Choose the Right Synonym for pity Noun pity , compassion , commiseration , condolence , sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. Examples of pity in a Sentence 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.
Palm, orlandosentinel. First Known Use of pity Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense. Learn More About pity. Time Traveler for pity The first known use of pity was in the 14th century See more words from the same century.
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Thread starter Ali tariq12 Start date Apr 16, He's deeply unhappy , and more to be pitied than criticized. I pity you hav ing to put up with her at work! She did not want his pity. If something is described as a pity, it is a cause for regret :. I pity people who have to work with statistics. Examples of pity. She is to be congratulated on that, or perhaps pitied for it. From the Hansard archive.
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3. Obviously, any physical or mental weakness is to be pitied. What a thousand pities it is to discourage a boy's keen spirit at that age. They are people who are under pressure from events and circumstances and are more to be pitied than anything else, and are to be assisted.
I always felt it was a thousand pities that those talks came to an end at the time and for the reason that they did. Millions of our fellow citizens do not enjoy that freedom, and of them, surely, the aged are the most to be pitied.
Let us leave this aged defeatist and reactionary to the pitying contempt of posterity. I know they think that, and, of course, one cannot but respect their feelings, although one pities them for not understanding the matter more thoroughly.
Indeed, it is the sort of transaction which, in the not too recent past, we pitied other countries for having to make. I think it would be a thousand pities if we lost that local interest in our educational administration in those areas. I think everybody will agree it would have been a thousand pities if we had let the contest go by default. We can, of course, proceed with-out them, but it would be a thousand pities if we had to do so.
In those conditions, it seems to me to be a thousand pities to abolish this experiment before anything else has been put in its place. He is not a person, therefore, to be pitied. One of the great pities is that we did not look at the contraction of this industry in other fields five or six years ago. See all examples of pity. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.
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