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Meaning of 'pity'
Meaning of 'pity' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pity 
[ n.]
- Piety. [ n.]- 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. [ v. i.]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. [ v. t.]- To move to pity; -- used impersonally.
Meaning of 'pity' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pity [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an unfortunate development
- 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
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Example in sentence:
- the blind are too often objects of pity
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