| NOUN | feeling | pity, commiseration, ruth, pathos | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
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| event | pity, shame | an unfortunate / unfortunate development | |
| attribute | pity, compassion | the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | |
| VERB | emotion | pity, feel for, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with | share the suffering of |
| Sounds | pih'tiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. | |
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| Example | "the blind are too often objects of pity" | |
| Synonyms | commiseration, ruth, pathos | |
| Broader | sympathy, fellow feeling | Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
| Spanish | compasión, conmiseración, lástima, pena, piedad | |
| Catalan | commiseració, compassió, pietat | |
| Adjectives | piteous | deserving or inciting pity |
| Verbs | pity | share the suffering of |
| Meaning | An unfortunate / unfortunate development. | |
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| Example | "it's a pity he couldn't do it" | |
| Synonym | shame | |
| Broader | misfortune, bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate / unfortunate event |
| Spanish | lástima, pena | |
| Catalan | llàstima, pena | |
| Adjectives | piteous | deserving or inciting pity |
| Meaning | The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. | |
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| Synonym | compassion | |
| Broader | mercifulness, mercy | A disposition to be kind and forgiving |
| Spanish | compasión, misericordia, piedad | |
| Catalan | compassió, pietat | |
| Verbs | pity | share the suffering of |
| Meaning | Share the suffering of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot pity Sue | |
| Synonyms | feel for, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with | |
| Narrower | care | Feel concern or interest |
| commiserate, sympathize, sympathise | To feel or express sympathy or compassion / compassion | |
| Broader | grieve, sorrow | Feel grief |
| Spanish | alinearse con, compadecer, simpatizar | |
| Catalan | alinear-se amb, compadir, simpatitzar amb | |
| Nouns | pity | the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it |
| pity | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | |
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