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Meaning of 'pity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pity [ n.]
- Piety.
- A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
- A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
2 . Pity [ v. i.]
- To be compassionate; to show pity.
3 . Pity [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To move to pity; -- used impersonally.

Meaning of 'pity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an unfortunate development
Example in sentence:
  • it's a pity he couldn't do it
Meaning (2):
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Example in sentence:
  • the blind are too often objects of pity

Nearby Words:

pit pit-hole pita pitahaya pitapat pitch pitch-black pitch-dark pitch-faced pitch-ore

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