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Detailed Synonyms for pity in English

pity:

to pity verb (pities, pitied, pitying)

  1. to pity
    to regret; deeply regret; to pity; to be sorry
  2. to pity
    to sympathize with; to commiserate; to feel with someone; to condole; to pity; to take pity
    • sympathize with verb (sympathizes with, sympathized with, sympathizing with)
    • commiserate verb (commiserates, commiserated, commiserating)
    • feel with someone verb (feels with someone, felt with someone, feeling with someone)
    • condole verb (condoles, condoled, condoling)
    • pity verb (pities, pitied, pitying)
    • take pity verb (takes pity, took pity, taking pity)
  3. to pity
    – share the suffering of 1
    to pity; compassionate; to sympathize with; feel for; condole with
    – share the suffering of 1

Conjugations for pity:

present
  1. pity
  2. pity
  3. pities
  4. pity
  5. pity
  6. pity
simple past
  1. pitied
  2. pitied
  3. pitied
  4. pitied
  5. pitied
  6. pitied
present perfect
  1. have pitied
  2. have pitied
  3. has pitied
  4. have pitied
  5. have pitied
  6. have pitied
past continuous
  1. was pitying
  2. were pitying
  3. was pitying
  4. were pitying
  5. were pitying
  6. were pitying
future
  1. shall pity
  2. will pity
  3. will pity
  4. shall pity
  5. will pity
  6. will pity
continuous present
  1. am pitying
  2. are pitying
  3. is pitying
  4. are pitying
  5. are pitying
  6. are pitying
subjunctive
  1. be pitied
  2. be pitied
  3. be pitied
  4. be pitied
  5. be pitied
  6. be pitied
diverse
  1. pity!
  2. let's pity!
  3. pitied
  4. pitying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

pity [the ~] noun

  1. the pity
    the pity; the compassion
  2. the pity
    – the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it 1
    the pity; the compassion
    – the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it 1
  3. the pity
    – an unfortunate development 1
    the pity; the shame
    – an unfortunate development 1
    • pity [the ~] noun
      • it's a pity he couldn't do it1
    • shame [the ~] noun
  4. the pity
    – a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others 1
    the pity; the pathos; the commiseration; the ruth
    – a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others 1

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Related Definitions for "pity":

  1. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it1
  2. an unfortunate development1
    • it's a pity he couldn't do it1
  3. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others1
    • the blind are too often objects of pity1
  4. share the suffering of1

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