pity
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable)A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
take pity on someone
The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended […] is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.
Đồng nghĩa: mercy, ruth, bowels, commiseration, compassion, empathy, fellow feeling, mercy, pity, remorse, rue, ruth, sympathy, tenderheartedness, loving-kindness
- 2.
(uncountable)Feeling of contempt one has for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
- 3.
(countable, singular, singular only)(countable, now singular only) Something regrettable.
It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
What a pity about the band breaking up. I loved them!
Đồng nghĩa: shame
- 4.
(Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable)(obsolete, Early Modern) Piety.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To feel pity for (someone or something).
You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
Đồng nghĩa: commiserate, feel sorry for
- 2.
(transitive)To feel contempt for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
- 3.
(regional, transitive)(transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
interjection
interjectionpity!pittiepittypitie
- 1.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of what a pity.
Đồng nghĩa: shame, what a pity, what a shame, bad luck, cuhdear, hard lines, hard luck, pity, shame, too bad, tough luck, what a pity, what a shame, worse luck
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ine-pro From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà piety.