Definition of pity

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Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

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Pathos :: Pathos (n.) That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry..
Alas :: Alas (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white..
Unpitious :: Unpitious (a.) Destitute of pity; pitiless.
Devoid :: Devoid (v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..
Mercify :: Mercify (v. t.) To pity.
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity..
Creature :: Creature (n.) A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature..
Cruel :: Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless..
Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..
On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..
Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
Ruth :: Ruth (v.) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Pity :: Pity (n.) A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted..
Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
Remorseless :: Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless..
Useless :: Useless (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity..
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic..
Bemoan :: Bemoan (v. t.) To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.
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