- pity⇄adv. pityingly.
- pity⇄expr. for pity's sake, an exclamation of surprise or protest.
Ex. But for pity's sake, spare us that indignity! (Time). - pity⇄expr. have (or take) pity on, to show pity for.
Ex. Have pity on the poor beggar. - pity⇄noun 1. sorrow for another's suffering or distress; feeling for the sorrows of others; compassion; sympathy.
Ex. The policeman felt pity for the lost and crying child. Grief for the calamity of another is pity (Thomas Hobbes).
2. a cause for - pity⇄pity, noun, pl.pities,verb, pitied,pitying.
- pity⇄v.i. to feel pity; be compassionate.
- pity⇄v.t. to feel pity for; be sorry for.
Ex. She pitied any child who was hurt. I pity those who are out in the cold tonight.