Definition of "pity" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.

   • I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
   • take pity on someone
   • The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended […] is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.

2. (countable) Something regrettable.

   • It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
   • What a pity about the band breaking up. I loved them!

3. (obsolete, Early Modern) Piety.

verb

1. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).

   • You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.

2. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.

interjection

1. Ellipsis of what a pity.