Synonym: compassion, mercy, sorrow, sympathy. Similar words: serendipity, pit, spit, pitch, spite, capita, pitcher, jupiter. Meaning: ['pɪtɪ] n. 1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others 2. an unfortunate development 3. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. v. share the suffering of.
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3 Pity is akin to love.
4 I saved her out of pity for her child.
5 Pity us in our distress.
6 It's a pity that the two films clash.
7 He had no pity for her.
8 I don't want your pity.
9 Her voice was tender, full of pity.
10 I threw the child some money out of pity.
11 I beg you to have pity on him.
12 What a pity we've lost such a great man.
13 He looked so downcast I took pity on him.
14 He felt something akin to pity.
15 The beggar's story excited my pity.
16 I felt pity for the blind child.
17 He felt a sudden tender pity for her.
18 It's a pity that he didn't accept the job.
19 A little help is worth a deal of pity.
20 Pity is a lever for quickening love.
21 I've never any pity for conceited people,(www.Sentencedict.com) because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
22 It's a pity for me to see an old woman hobble away.
23 The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage.
24 The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.
25 I could only feel pity for what they were enduring.
26 It seems such a pity that a distinguished and honored name should be commercialized in such a manner.
27 It's a pity the weather isn't better for our outing today.
29 He gave the panhandler a few coins out of pity.
30 She allowed herself only a few moments'indulgence in self - pity.