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Synonyms for pitied

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pit-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪt i

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Définition of pitied

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French pite, pitet "pity, mercy, compassion, care, tenderness; pitiful state, wretched condition" (11c., Modern French pitié), from Latin pietatem (nominative pietas) "piety, loyalty, duty" (see piety). Replaced Old English mildheortness, literally "mild-heartness," itself a loan-translation of Latin misericordia. English pity and piety were not fully distinguished until 17c. Transferred sense of "grounds or cause for pity" is from late 14c.
  • verb feel sorry for; spare
Example sentences :
  • She pitied herself,—that lowest ebb of melancholy self-consciousness.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • She is to be pitied—she cannot either like or dislike with temper!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The men I had to deal with were more to be pitied than blamed.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • It's us that's left behind that's to be pitied, not them that goes.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • I pitied him; I owed him hospitality; but it seemed intolerable that he should be there.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • They did not harm her, for they saw that she was sick; they pitied her—some loved her.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • "She is certainly to be pitied, but also to be blamed," said Mr. Percival.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The man who pitied me spoke, so far as I was concerned, the language of thieves.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • I pitied the Germans for having embarked on such an adventure.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He looked at Harkless, and pitied him with an almost tearful compassion.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

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