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pity English

Meaning pity meaning

What does pity mean?
Definitions in simple English

pity Noun

— A feeling of sympathy at the distress or suffering of someone or something. It's a pity her friend died. — Something regrettable.

pity Verb

— To action of feeling pity for someone or something. We pity her not being able to come with the rest of us.

pity

— noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others the blind are too often objects of pity — verb (= feel for) share the suffering of — noun an unfortunate development it's a pity he couldn't do it — noun (= compassion) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

Synonyms pity synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pity?

pity English » English

compassion mercy sympathy commiseration sympathize with sympathize pathos kindness feel sorry for compassionate commiserate love sorrow pitiable piteous shame have mercy on tenderness ruth have compassion grace feel compassion for regret pitiful grief feel for condole commiserate with clemency sympathise sorry for have mercy have compassion on forgiveness empathy show mercy remorse misery mercifulness have compassion for feel pity favour console condolence condole with benevolence too bad sympathise with spare rue

Topics pity topics

What do people use pity to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Mercy
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

Conjugation pity conjugation

How do you conjugate pity?

pity · verb

Examples pity examples

How do I use pity in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It is a pity that he can not marry her.
It is a pity that he has no sense of humor.
I do think that it is a pity.
It's a pity they're getting divorced.
It would be a pity if such a word disappeared.
It's a pity you don't know how to dance.
It's a pity Tom isn't with us today.
My heart was filled with pity for him.
It's a pity you couldn't come.
What a pity that his life was cut off so early.
I don't need your pity.
It's a pity I'm not like him.
It's a pity when somebody dies.
It's a pity that you can't buy miracles like you would buy potatoes.
It's a pity that you can't come.
That you don't believe me is a great pity.
It's a pity that you should leave Japan.
It is a pity that you cannot travel with us.
It is a great pity that you don't know it.
I think it's a pity you could not come to our party.
It's a pity that you couldn't come.
It's a pity we didn't visit Tom when we had the chance.
What a pity!
It's a pity that Mary has no sense of humor.
It was a pity that Tom couldn't come to our party.

Movie subtitles

Stop giving me your pity!
Well, we just made more in pity money Than we made in the last three months of banditry.
I pity you. The times have changed. A sword that does not kill people.
For pity's sake, Sister!
For pity's sake, Trevor!
I don't need your pity, Henry.
HAVE PITY!
And the girls giggled and laughed, perhaps in order to hide their pity.
What a pity. I had so much to tell her.
Pity. I would have like to have sketched you in it.
That Schemer Burns' crowd tries to muscle in on us. I pity them.
Lord have pity on him.
It's a pity I didn't strangle the old walrus.
Pity I didn't strangle him.
It's a pity that we let that journalist get away, though.
To be swayed by such pointless pity.
Do not be trapped into feeling pity or mercy.
Don't confuse pity with weakness.
I pity them.
You haven't even a word of pity for me.
Have pity on me.
That's a pity because it's difficult for you to understand.
Oh, for god's sake, keep your pity!
Pity the poor sailors on a night like this.
It's a pity I didn't put two bullets into him and finish the job.
Oh, that's a pity.
Pity.
Don't pity me!
I pity you!
A pity that you're married.
You don't feel pity for your mother?
ISN'T THAT A PITY?
It's a pity, Carrot-top, because I really like you.
It would be a pity to destroy such a lovely flower.
It's a pity for a girl her age to be all alone.
It's a pity to race through such an exhibition.
Pity there's no reception.
Oh, Horace, the pity of it.

News and current affairs

But don't give it up because you pity the animals being shot, and don't like the attitude to animals that is conveyed by the fact that all this killing is taking place for mere economic gain.
That is a great pity.
As he once put it, somewhat ironically, Britain would lose its identity as a member of a European union, and this would be a great pity.
That is a pity, because there are many ways rich countries can make a difference.
Images of miserable refugee families drifting in the sea, at the mercy of rapacious smugglers and gangsters, can easily inspire feelings of pity and compassion (and not just in Germany).
This would be a pity for Europe and for Britain.
Therefore, it's a pity that the German voters refused to endow the new Berlin government with a clear mandate to start fighting against the army of domestic veto powers.
That would be a pity.
With Gaza poised on the brink of civil war, pity poor Mahmoud Abbas, who took over as president of the Palestinian Authority two and a half years ago, after the death of Yasser Arafat.
But Norway's problems, while hardly on a par with Sub-Saharan Africa or Afghanistan, are nonetheless serious enough to elicit concern, if not pity.
From a crowd favourite, an idol of women and intellectuals, Yeltsin turned into a feeble old man who aroused pity.
This is a pity, because Lugovoi's status in Russia tells us much about my country in the seventh year of President Vladmir Putin's rule.
On the other hand, it crowds out virtues that have no economic utility, like heroism, honor, generosity, and pity.
A pity.
In recent years, Africa, once a land of pity, has emerged as a land of opportunity.
That is a great pity, because Japan is well positioned to take advantage of one of the most powerful global trends - the coming rebalancing of the Chinese and US economies.
This is a pity, because the UK is missing out on the opportunity to build offshore generating capacity along its long, windy coastline.
So pity the millions of aging Japanese who bailed out the world economy - America, in particular - and now have nothing to show for it.
But it would be a pity if China's leaders did not endorse this acknowledgement of Japanese guilt as a manifestation of Japan's willingness to repent.
One can only pity the Southern European countries.
But an abundance of pity alone will not help.
More truthful accounts, such as Marcel Ophuls's magisterial documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1968) were, to say the least, unwelcome.
That would be a pity - one that could have been easily avoided.
Pity Obama.
In this regard, it is a pity that Montenegro's pro-Western president Milo Djukanovic has chosen a separatist path, rather than help Serbia's opposition.
All of this speaks to why we should pity today's policymakers, who must confront unusually difficult challenges with abnormally ineffective tools.

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