Antonyms for pity
ˈpɪt ipity

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1. pityinterjection

   Synonyms:
   what a shame, shame, what a pity

2. pitynoun

   Short form of what a pity.

   Synonyms:
   what a pity, shame, what a shame

3. pitynoun

   (countable but not used in the plural) Something regrettable.

   Synonyms:
   shame

4. pitynoun

   Synonyms:
   ruth

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1. pity

   Pity is a feeling of grief or pain aroused by the weakness, misfortunes, or distresses of others, joined with a desire to help or relieve. Sympathy (feeling or suffering with) implies some degree of equality, kindred, or union; pity is for what is weak or unfortunate, and so far, at least, inferior to ourselves; hence, pity is often resented where sympathy would be welcome. We have sympathy with one in joy or grief, in pleasure or pain, pity only for those in suffering or need; we may have sympathy with the struggles of a giant or the triumphs of a conqueror; we are moved with pity for the captive or the slave. Pity may be only in the mind, but mercy does something for those who are its objects. Compassion, like pity, is exercised only with respect to the suffering or unfortunate, but combines with the tenderness of pity the dignity of sympathy and the active quality of mercy. Commiseration is as tender as compassion, but more remote and hopeless; we have commiseration for sufferers whom we can not reach or can not relieve. Condolence is the expression of sympathy. Compare MERCY.

   Antonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, hard-heartedness, hardness, harshness, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, rigor, ruthlessness, severity, sternness, truculence

   Synonyms:
   commiseration, compassion, condolence, mercy, sympathy, tenderness

   Preposition:
   >Pity on or upon that which we help or spare; pity for that which we merely contemplate; "have pity upon me, O ye my friends," Job xix, 21; "pity for a horse o'erdriven," Tennyson In Memoriam lxii, st. 1.

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1. pity

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardheartedness, relentlessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

   Synonyms:
   mercy, compassion, tenderness, commiseration, ruth, sympathy, condolence

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1. commiseration, pity, ruth, pathosnoun

   a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

   "the blind are too often objects of pity"

   Synonyms:
   compassion, poignancy, ruth, commiseration, pathos, shame, condolence

2. pity, shamenoun

   an unfortunate development

   "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, ignominy, ruth, commiseration, pathos, shame, compassion

3. compassion, pityverb

   the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

   Synonyms:
   shame, commiseration, pathos, compassionateness, compassion, ruth

4. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize withverb

   share the suffering of

   Synonyms:
   condole with, feel for, compassionate, sympathize with

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1. pitynoun

   Synonyms:
   compassion, mercy, ruth, commiseration, condolence, sympathy

2. pityverb

   Synonyms:
   have pity for, condole with, commiserate

How to use pity in a sentence?

1. James Stewart:

   The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

2. Trevor Wilkinson:

   I personally am not a fan of self pity, but it's hard being gay in West Texas sometimes and I never want to go back to where I was not even two years ago, so what I paint my nails sometimes ? I look and feel good while doing it.

3. Demas Fikadey:

   I am for the demonstrations, but I am against violence, whether it's on policemen or civilians, nobody should get hurt. It's a pity. But I am for the demonstrations. I am completely for them.

4. Hernan Dario Gomez:

   I've really enjoyed watching the games at this World Cup and been very, very happy to be here. It's just such a pity that we've been knocked out, we are making history. We can be an example. We can leave a legacy for Panama in the future. It's pivotal to be at a World Cup. It's one of the most wonderful things that can happen in your career.

5. Alice Walker:

   Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise.

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