Meaning & use
Pities
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Feels or shows sympathy and sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
See it in a sentence
She pities anyone who has to work the overnight shift alone.
He pities the losing team but knows the rules are the rules.
A note on using this word
Can also appear as a plural noun, as in 'the pities of war,' though the verb form is far more common today.
Words with a similar meaning
sympathizes withfeels sorry for
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Words with an opposite meaning
envies
Another way to use it
2. noun
Instances or feelings of sympathy or sorrow for others' misfortune (plural noun).
The novel is filled with the small pities of everyday hardship.
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