noun
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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the blind are too often objects of pity
• Syn: ↑commiseration, ↑pity, ↑pathos
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pathetic (for: ↑pathos), ↑piteous (for: ↑pity), ↑pity (for: ↑pity), ↑commiserate (for: ↑commiseration)
• Hypernyms: ↑sympathy, ↑fellow feeling
Useful english dictionary. 2012.