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/ˈpɪti/- 1a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation
She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust.
There was pity in her voice.
feel pity for someone:She felt pity for all the children living in such terrible conditions.
an object of pity (=someone who people feel only sympathy for):In the past poor people were seen as objects of pity.
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for pity’s sake
spoken(it’s a) pity
used for saying that you are disappointed about somethingit’s a pity (that):It’s a pity we couldn’t stay longer in Boston.
it’s a pity to do something:It’s a pity to waste this food. Can you eat it?
(it’s a) pity about:It was a lovely wedding. Pity about the rain.
it seems a pity:It seems such a pity to be indoors in lovely weather like this.
a great pity:It was a great pity we couldn’t visit the Louvre.
what a pity (=that is a pity):“I couldn’t get any tickets for the game.” “Oh, what a pity!”
more’s the pity
spokentake pity on someone
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