pity
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pity
- /ˈpɪti/
- [ˈpɪtʰɪi̯]
- /ˈpɪɾi/
- [ˈpɪɾɪi̯]
Sounds like pitty · Rhymes with -ɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
noun pities · pittie · pitty · pitie
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A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
Similar: mercy, ruth, bowels, commiseration, compassion, empathy, fellow feeling, pity, remorse, rue, sympathy, tenderheartedness
- Feeling of contempt one has for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
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Something regrettable.
It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
Similar: shame
- Piety. Euen so on the other syde a mans harte is contrite, when it is cutte with compunction, mollified with pitie and deuotion, moued with prayers and exhortation, is affraide by threatninges, allured by kindnes, ashamed of dishonesty, geuing place to Gods inspiration, […]
verb pities · pitying · pitied · pittie · pitty
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To feel pity for (someone or something).
You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
Similar: commiserate, feel sorry for
- To feel contempt for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
- To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
Similar: commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for, mercify, pity, rue, take pity
interjection pity! · pittie · pitty · pitie
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Ellipsis of what a pity
Similar: shame, what a pity, what a shame, bad luck, cuhdear, hard lines, hard luck, pity, too bad, tough luck, worse luck
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ruth, shame, commiseration, compassionate, feel for, compassion, pathos, condole with, sympathize with, pathetic, pitiful, misery, regrettable, lamentable, regretting, woe
verb
Similar: commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for, mercify, pity, rue, take pity
Translations
Every language
noun feeling of sympathy
| Español | piedad, lástima |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동정 dongjeong |
| 日本語 | 憐れみ awaremi, 同情 dōjō |
| 中文 | 憐憫 /怜悯 liánmǐn |
| हिन्दी | दया dayā |
| Português | pena |
| Français | compassion, pitié |
| Deutsch | Mitleid |
| Italiano | pietà |
| Ελληνικά | οίκτος oíktos |
| Română | compasiune, milă, compătimire |
| Русский | жа́лость žálostʹ, сострада́ние sostradánije, сочу́вствие sočúvstvije |
| العربية | شَفَقَة šafaqa |
noun something regrettable
| Español | lástima, pena |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 残念 zannen |
| 中文 | see entry) 可惜 kěxī |
| Português | pena, lástima |
| Français | dommage, honte |
| Deutsch | schade |
| Italiano | peccato |
| Română | păcat |
| Русский | жаль žalʹ, сожале́ние sožalénije |
verb to feel pity for someone or something
| Español | tener(le) lástima a, compadecer (se de), apiadar (se de), conmiserar (se de), condoler (se de) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 애처롭게 생각하다 aecheoropge saenggakhada, 안타까워하다 antakkawohada, 불쌍히 생각하다 bulssanghi saenggakhada, 동정하다 dongjeonghada |
| 日本語 | 同情する dōjō suru, 気の毒に思う ki no doku ni omou |
| 中文 | 可憐 /可怜 kělián |
| हिन्दी | अनुकंपा anukampā |
| Português | apiedar-se de, sentir dó de, sentir compaixão por |
| Français | plaindre, avoir pitié de |
| Deutsch | bemitleiden |
| Italiano | compatire |
| Ελληνικά | λυπάμαι lypámai, οικτίρω oiktíro |
| Русский | жале́ть žalétʹ, пожале́ть požalétʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tội nghiệp, tội |
| العربية | شَفِقَ šafiqa |
| עברית | רָחַם rakhám |
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title = {pity},
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