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- Dictionarypitying/ˈpɪtɪɪŋ/
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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to feel sadness or sympathy for someone's unhappiness or bad situation: I pity anyone who's never been in love. He's deeply unhappy, and more to be pitied than criticized. I pity you hav ing to put up with her at work! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sympathy & compassion. aw. bad/hard/tough luck! idiom. better luck next time idiom.
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.
sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy; capacity to feel pity; something to be regretted… See the full definition
: expressing or feeling pity. pityingly. ˈpi-tē-iŋ-lē. adverb. Word History. First Known Use. 1589, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of pitying was in 1589. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near pitying. pitying. Pitylus. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry. Style. “Pitying.”
Pitying definition: full of or expressing pity. See examples of PITYING used in a sentence.
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.
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for a starving child. Synonyms: commiseration, compassion. a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret: What a pity you could not go!
Definition of pitying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
