Pitied

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pitying}.]
     1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
        compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
        toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
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              Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
              pitieth them that fear him.           --Ps. ciii.
                                                    13.
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     2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
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              It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
                                                    Com. Prayer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pity
       n 1: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
            others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn:
            {commiseration}, {ruth}, {pathos}]
       2: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
          [syn: {shame}]
       3: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others
          and wanting to do something about it [syn: {compassion}]
       v : share the suffering of [syn: {feel for}, {compassionate}, {condole
           with}, {sympathize with}]
       [also: {pitied}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pitied
       See {pity}