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Synonyms for pity
ˈpɪt ipity
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Wiktionary
pityinterjection
Synonyms:
what a shame, shame, what a pitypitynoun
Short form of what a pity.
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what a pity, shame, what a shamepitynoun
(countable but not used in the plural) Something regrettable.
Synonyms:
shamepitynoun
Synonyms:
ruth
English Synonyms and Antonyms
pity
Pity is a feeling of grief or pain aroused by the weakness, misfortunes, or distresses of others, joined with a desire to help or relieve. Sympathy (feeling or suffering with) implies some degree of equality, kindred, or union; pity is for what is weak or unfortunate, and so far, at least, inferior to ourselves; hence, pity is often resented where sympathy would be welcome. We have sympathy with one in joy or grief, in pleasure or pain, pity only for those in suffering or need; we may have sympathy with the struggles of a giant or the triumphs of a conqueror; we are moved with pity for the captive or the slave. Pity may be only in the mind, but mercy does something for those who are its objects. Compassion, like pity, is exercised only with respect to the suffering or unfortunate, but combines with the tenderness of pity the dignity of sympathy and the active quality of mercy. Commiseration is as tender as compassion, but more remote and hopeless; we have commiseration for sufferers whom we can not reach or can not relieve. Condolence is the expression of sympathy. Compare MERCY.
Synonyms:
commiseration, compassion, condolence, mercy, sympathy, tendernessAntonyms:
barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, hard-heartedness, hardness, harshness, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, rigor, ruthlessness, severity, sternness, truculencePreposition:
>Pity on or upon that which we help or spare; pity for that which we merely contemplate; "have pity upon me, O ye my friends," Job xix, 21; "pity for a horse o'erdriven,"Tennyson In Memoriam lxii, st. 1.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pity
Synonyms:
mercy, compassion, tenderness, commiseration, ruth, sympathy, condolenceAntonyms:
cruelty, hardheartedness, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
Princeton's WordNet
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathosnoun
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
"the blind are too often objects of pity"
Synonyms:
compassion, poignancy, ruth, commiseration, pathos, shame, condolencepity, shamenoun
an unfortunate development
"it's a pity he couldn't do it"
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disgrace, ignominy, ruth, commiseration, pathos, shame, compassioncompassion, pityverb
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
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shame, commiseration, pathos, compassionateness, compassion, ruthfeel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize withverb
share the suffering of
Synonyms:
condole with, feel for, compassionate, sympathize with
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pitynoun
Synonyms:
compassion, commiseration, sympathy, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion, melting moodpityverb
Synonyms:
commiserate, compassionate, sympathize with, feel for, have pity or compassion for, feel sorry for, condole with
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pitynoun
Synonyms:
compassion, mercy, ruth, commiseration, condolence, sympathypityverb
Synonyms:
have pity for, condole with, commiserate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pity":
regrettable, mercy, shame, penalty, regret, compassion, damage, punishment, sentence, please, injury, disgrace, sin, worth
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#1708 | worth | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2620 | injury | |
#3994 | sin | |
#4717 | sentence | |
#4806 | penalty | |
#6946 | ruth | |
#7790 | punishment | |
#8158 | mercy | |
#8184 | shame | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#12121 | regret | |
#12537 | compassion | |
#14886 | pity | |
#18987 | compassionate | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#53735 | pathos | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#61651 | condolence | |
#97947 | poignancy | |
#135732 | ignominy | |
#217609 | commiseration |
How to use pity in a sentence?
Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another’s suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg:
It is a pity the U.S. is not a part of it. When you are in a crisis, you manage it and you do it jointly with others, we've had several discussions with our American partners and I'm convinced the Americans will eventually commit to this dynamic because it's the way forward for the world.
Translations for pity
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- شفقةArabic
- llàstimaCatalan, Valencian
- soucit, škodaCzech
- Mitleid haben, bemitleiden, Mitleid, schadeGerman
- kompati, domaĝoEsperanto
- lástima, tener lástima, piedad, compasiónSpanish
- sääliä, ikävä, sääliFinnish
- pitié, dommage, compassionFrench
- beud, oircheas, tròcair, truas, iochd, dìobhail, truacantasScottish Gaelic
- pena, piedade, compaixónGalician
- לרחםHebrew
- kár, szánalom, könyörületHungarian
- samúðIcelandic
- compatire, pietà, peccatoItalian
- 憐れみJapanese
- საწყენი, სამწუხარო, სიბრალულიGeorgian
- 동정Korean
- miseret, misereorLatin
- deernis, spijtig, beklagen, jammer, medelijdenDutch
- współczucie, szkodaPolish
- [[apiedar-se]] [[de]], compaixão, piedade, [[sentir]] [[dó]] [[de]], [[sentir]] [[compaixão]] [[por]], penaPortuguese
- milă, păcat, compasiune, compătimireRomanian
- жалость, жалеть, пожалетьRussian
- synd, medlidande, medömkan, tycka synd omSwedish
- జాలిTelugu
- ئەپسۈسUyghur, Uighur
- шкодаUkrainian
- افسوسUrdu
- lòng thương xótVietnamese
- 怜Chinese
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