Definition of Pity. Meaning of Pity. Synonyms of Pity

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Definition of Pity

Pity
Pity Pit"y, v. i. To be compassionate; to show pity. I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy. --Jer. xiii. 14.
Pity
Pity Pit"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying.] 1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii. 13. 2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Meaning of Pity from wikipedia

- piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself. Two different kinds of pity can be distinguished, "benevolent pity" and "contemptuous pity". In the latter...
- An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support...
- Self-pity is an emotion in which one feels self-centered sorrow and pity toward the self regarding one's own internal and external experiences of suffering...
- Look up pity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others. Pity may also refer to: Pity (film),...
- "I pity the fool!", first uttered as Clubber Lang in Rocky III, then turned into a trademark used in slogans or titles, like the reality show I Pity the...
- volume. The Pity of War may also refer to: The Pity of War: Explaining World War I, a non-fiction book by Niall Ferguson (1998) The Pity of War, a 2014...
- Look up pity party in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pity Party may refer to: The Pity Party, American band from Los Angeles Pity Party, a 2007 album...
- "This Is Such a Pity" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the first and only promotional single from the band's fifth album,...
- Pity is a 2018 Gr**** drama film about self-pity directed by Babis Makridis. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2018...
- The Pity of It All: A Portrait of Jews In Germany, 1743–1933 is a 2002 book by Israeli journalist and author Amos Elon. The book describes the history...