noun 1. a feeling of sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation ○ Have you no pity for the homeless? □ to take pity on someone to feel sorry for someone ○ At last someone took pity on her and showed her how to work the machine. 2. □ it’s a pity that it is sad that ○ It’s a pity you weren’t there to see it. ○ It’s such a pity that the rain spoiled the picnic. □ it would be a pity to it would be a bad thing to ○ It would be a pity not to eat all this beautiful food. ■ verb to feel sympathy for someone ○ I pity his children. Antonym blame
pit´y
n.; pl. Pities (#). [OE. pite, OF. pite, pitie, F. pitie, L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See Pious, and cf. Piety.]
1. Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.” Prov. xix. 17. “He … has no more pity in him than a dog.” Shak.
3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted. ´The more the pity.´ Shak. “What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!” Addison. In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially in the colloquialism: ´It is a thousand pities.´ Syn. — Compassion; mercy; commiseration; condolence; sympathy, fellow-suffering; fellow-feeling. — Pity, Sympathy, Compassion. Sympathy is literally fellow-feeling, and therefore requiers a certain degree of equality in situation, circumstances, etc., to its fullest exercise. Compassion is deep tenderness for another under severe or inevitable misfortune. Pity regards its object not only as suffering, but weak, and hence as inferior.
1. Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration. “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.” Prov. xix. 17. “He … has no more pity in him than a dog.” Shak.
3. A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted. ´The more the pity.´ Shak. “What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country!” Addison. In this sense, sometimes used in the plural, especially in the colloquialism: ´It is a thousand pities.´ Syn. — Compassion; mercy; commiseration; condolence; sympathy, fellow-suffering; fellow-feeling. — Pity, Sympathy, Compassion. Sympathy is literally fellow-feeling, and therefore requiers a certain degree of equality in situation, circumstances, etc., to its fullest exercise. Compassion is deep tenderness for another under severe or inevitable misfortune. Pity regards its object not only as suffering, but weak, and hence as inferior.
pit´y
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying.]
1. 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. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.” Ps. ciii. 13.
2. To move to pity; — used impersonally. [Obs.] “It pitieth them to see her in the dust.” Bk. of Com. Prayer.
1. 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. “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.” Ps. ciii. 13.
2. To move to pity; — used impersonally. [Obs.] “It pitieth them to see her in the dust.” Bk. of Com. Prayer.
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