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pity
[ pit-ee ]
noun
- sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
to feel pity for a starving child.
Synonyms: ,
- a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret:
What a pity you could not go!
adjective
- motivated by a sense of pity or sympathy for others or for oneself:
It seems he got the pity vote because of his personality, but his singing just wasn鈥檛 that great.
verb (used with object)
- to feel pity or compassion for; be sorry for; commiserate with.
verb (used without object)
- to have compassion; feel pity.
pity
/ 藞辫瑟迟瑟 /
noun
- sympathy or sorrow felt for the sufferings of another
- have pity on or take pity onto have sympathy or show mercy for
- something that causes regret or pity
- an unfortunate chance
what a pity you can't come
- more's the pityit is highly regrettable (that)
verb
- tr to feel pity for
Derived Forms
- 藞辫颈迟测颈苍驳, adjective
- 藞辫颈迟测颈苍驳ly, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辞耻迟路辫颈迟路测 verb (used with object) outpitied outpitying
- 耻苍路辫颈迟路颈别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pity1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pity1
Idioms and Phrases
- have / take pity, to show mercy or compassion.
More idioms and phrases containing pity
see for one's (pity's) sake ; take pity on .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But the performance allows no room for pity, a feat even truer of his costar Moore, a crucial figure in future L.A.
LeBlanc never moves her camera away from the ground level; there are no policy prescriptions, no litanies of statistics and no melodramatic statements about pity or persistence.
Aristotle later described tragedy鈥檚 capacity, through evoking pity and fear, to stir moral reflection in its audience.
"From pride to pity, that was devastating," Foreman said of the loss.
I just couldn't believe I'd lost the world title", he said, adding: "It went from pride to pity.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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