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English noun: pity | |||
| 1. | pity (feeling) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | ||
| Samples | The blind are too often objects of pity. | ||
| Synonyms | commiseration, pathos, ruth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fellow feeling, sympathy | ||
| 2. | pity (event) an unfortunate development | ||
| Samples | It's a pity he couldn't do it. | ||
| Synonyms | shame | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bad luck, misfortune | ||
| 3. | pity (attribute) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | ||
| Synonyms | compassion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mercifulness, mercy | ||
English verb: pity | |||
| 1. | pity (emotion) share the suffering of | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot pity Sue | ||
| Synonyms | compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grieve, sorrow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | care, commiserate, sympathise, sympathize | ||
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