- commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
--1 is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling
Derived form: verb pity1 - pity, shame - an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
--2 is a kind of misfortune, bad luck
- compassion, pity - the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
--3 is a kind of mercifulness, mercy
Derived form: verb pity1
- feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with - share the suffering of
--1 is one way to grieve, sorrow
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun pity3, noun pity1
Sam cannot pity Sue