Sekirov Dictionary

pity

/ˈpɪt.i/

noun 4
verb 3
exclamation 1
forms 5
phrases 2

noun4

•
sadness felt for someone or something that is suffering or has bad luck
- I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
•
Something regrettable.
- It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
- What a pity about the band breaking up. I loved them!
Feeling of contempt one has for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
(no longer used) Piety.

verb3

•
To feel pity for (someone or something).
- You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
•
To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
- She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee. — 1596
To feel contempt for someone who is hopelessly inferior.

exclamation1

Ellipsis of what a pity.

forms

pitied · pitying · pities · pitieth · pitiest

Phrases with pity

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