Pity

Noun
pity (countable and uncountable but not used in the plural)


 * 1)  A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
 * 2) (countable but not used in the plural) Something regrettable.

Verb

 * 1)  To feel pity for (someone or something).

Interjection
pity!


 * 1) Short form of what a pity.

Adjectives for Pity
anxious; wondering; contemptuous; melancholy; inexpressible; faded; divine; fluttering; sacred; supplicating; confident; thrilling; scornful; indulgent; misapplied; self-forgiving; infant; ineffable; inner; painful; grave; double; treble; strenuous; unsuspected; tender; infinite; shocked; subtle; languid; affectionate; unutterable; pathetic; immense; foolish; solemn; unfortunate; respectful; anguished; unspeakable; reverent; vanquished; little; careless; continued; skinless; natural; human; divine; profound; angelic; malignant; amazed; indignant; spurious; unrighteous.

Verbs for Pity
betray—; claim—; eye with—; feign—; implore—of; persecute without—; regard with—; shadow with—; stir to—; submerge in—; waste—on; wrap in—; yield to—; — dries up; —expires; —grips;—moves; — smites; —touches; —tortures.

Thesaurus
sorrow, sympathize, sympathize with, sympathy, tenderness, terrible thing, tolerance, violation, weep for, abomination, acceptance, ache, atrocity, be sorry for, bleed, bleed for, chanty, clemency, clementness, commiserate, commiseration, compassion, compassionate, condole with, condolence, crime, dejection, desecration, disgrace, distress, easiness, easygoingness, feel, feel for, feel sorrow for, feel sorry for, forbearance, forbearing, gentleness, humaneness, humanity, ignominy, infamy, lament for, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, melancholy, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, misfortune, moderateness, patience, profanation, rue, ruth, sacrilege, sadness, scandal, shame, sin, softness,

Alternative forms

 * pitty

Etymology
From pité:, pittee: etc., from  pitet:, pitié:, from  pietas:.

Synonyms

 * shame

Synonyms

 * shame, what a pity, what a shame

Derived terms

 * piteous
 * pitiable
 * pitiful
 * self-pity
 * what a pity