noun, plural pit·ies.
verb (used with object), pit·ied, pit·y·ing.
verb (used without object), pit·ied, pit·y·ing.
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Idioms for pity
Origin of pity
synonym study for pity
OTHER WORDS FROM pityoutpity, verb (used with object), out·pit·ied, out·pit·y·ing.un·pit·ied, adjective
Words nearby pity
Example sentences from the Web for pity
Nope, though readers may occasionally see the tiniest justifiable pity-party because the backdrop of this book is about parenting a parent, which everybody knows is hard.
Lady Rose is also rather subdued in the premiere, which is a pity.
It is not a pity party when you can stand up and say, “I am,” to be counted, reaffirmed, human.I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Africa was supposedly a place to avoid or, at best, an oddity to pity.How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It)|Todd Moss|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would have been easy to pity—and forget—the women that Davis played: ordinary, working class, and unromantic.
A creature deserving of pity and a medical diagnosis that will grant them a special status in society.Surviving War Doesn’t Turn All Veterans into Victims, Sometimes it Helps Them Grow|David Morris|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity.Children's Literature|Charles Madison Curry
It was a pity, he said, that my father would not visit Wyncote.Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker|S. Weir Mitchell
Troth, tis pity, sir.A brauer hope of so assurd a father Did neuer comfort France.The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Doesn't this urge you to pity, so that you will beg His Holiness for pardon, beg him to receive us?Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello
We will leave these poor devils, in pity, to trade with others; but they must not delay us to make a pretence of earning money.No Thoroughfare|Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
British Dictionary definitions for pity
noun plural pities
verb pities, pitying or pitied
Derived forms of pitypitying, adjectivepityingly, adverb
Word Origin for pity
Idioms and Phrases with pity
see for one's (pity's) sake; take pity on.