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- Dictionarypitying/ˈpidēiNG/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing sorrow for someone's misfortunes, often with an implication of disdain or mild contempt: "he gave her a pitying look"
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The meaning of PITYING is expressing or feeling pity. How to use pitying in a sentence.
PITYING definition: 1. present participle of pity 2. to feel sadness or sympathy for someone's unhappiness or bad…. Learn more.
Definition of pitying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(pɪtiɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A pitying look shows that someone feels pity and perhaps slight contempt. She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use. pityingly adverb [ADVERB after verb] Stasik looked at him pityingly and said nothing. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
noun. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. “the blind are too often objects of pity ”. synonyms: commiseration, pathos, ruth. see more. noun. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. synonyms: compassion. see more.
Definition of 'pity' pity. (pɪti ) Word forms: pities , pitying , pitied. 1. uncountable noun B2. If you feel pity for someone, you feel very sorry for them. He felt a sudden tender pity for her. [+ for] She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends. Synonyms: compassion, understanding, charity, sympathy More Synonyms of pity. 2.
a feeling of sadness or sympathy for someone else's unhappiness or difficult situation: The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage. She agreed to go out with him more out of pity than anything. These people don't want pity, they want practical help. See also. self-pity disapproving. A2 [ S ] mainly UK.
1. Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another. 2. A matter of regret: It's a pity she can't attend the reception. v. pit·ied, pit·y·ing, pit·ies. v.tr.
A complete guide to the word "PITYING": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
pity, compassion, commiseration, condolence, sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress. felt pity for the captives. compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare.
