pitying

  • 1Pitying — Pit y*ing, a. Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. {Pit y*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2pitying — index lenient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3pitying — pit|y|ing [ˈpıtiıŋ] adj pitying look/smile/glance a look or smile that shows you feel pity for someone ▪ Ellen gave me a pitying look …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4pitying — pit|y|ing [ pıtiıŋ ] adjective a pitying expression shows that you feel pity for someone, but sometimes also that you do not think they deserve respect: To her annoyance, he gave her a pitying look. ╾ pit|y|ing|ly adverb …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5pitying — [[t]pɪ̱tiɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A pitying look shows that someone feels pity and perhaps slight contempt. She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use. Derived words: pityingly ADV ADV after v Stasik looked at him …

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  • 6pitying — UK [ˈpɪtɪɪŋ] / US adjective a pitying expression shows that you feel pity for someone, but sometimes also that shows you do not think they deserve respect To her annoyance, he gave her a pitying look. Derived word: pityingly adverb …

    English dictionary

  • 7Pitying — 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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  • 8pitying — pityingly, adv. /pit ee ing/, adj. full of or expressing pity: a pitying look. [1640 50; PITY + ING2] * * * …

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  • 9pitying — adjective Date: 1589 expressing or feeling pity • pityingly adverb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10pitying — Synonyms and related words: bleeding, charitable, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, forbearant, gentle, human, humane, lenient, melting, merciful, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted,… …

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