1 [U] ~ (for sb/sth) a feeling of sympathy and sadness caused by the suffering and troubles of others:
I could only feel pity for what they were enduring. * He had no pity for her. * a look / feeling / surge of pity * I took pity on her and lent her the money. * (formal) I beg you to have pity on him. * I don't want your pity.
2 [sing.] a ~ (that...)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is pity a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pity is tagged as noun.
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