Pity

Synonyms for pity
noun feeling of mercy toward another

mercy
melancholy
empathy
tenderness
compassion
sorrow
sympathy
sadness
condolence

kindness
warmth
kindliness
compunction
grace
distress
benevolence
favor
forbearance

quarter
comfort
clemency
philanthropy
understanding
rue
dejection
commiseration
charity

lenity
goodness
ruth
humanity
solace
condolement

Antonyms for pity

cruelty
happiness
joy
hatred
harshness
indifference

disfavor
disdain
advantage
meanness
cheer
mercilessness

malevolence
unkindness
blessing
good fortune

Synonyms
noun sad situation

shame
bad luck
regret

misfortune
disaster
mishap

sin
mischance
crime

crisis
catastrophe
crying shame

Antonyms

good luck
miracle
success
disdain

advantage
blessing
good fortune
wonder

malevolence
mercilessness

Synonyms
verb feel sorry for; spare

forgive
pardon
reprieve
commiserate
solace
comfort
sympathize
soothe

condole
relent
understand
ache
console
identify with
feel for
be sorry for

be sympathetic
bleed for
feel with
give quarter
grant amnesty
grieve with
have compassion
have mercy on

lament with
show forgiveness
show sympathy
take pity on
weep for
put out of one’s misery

Antonyms

punish
worry
annoy
distress

disdain
scorn
trouble
upset

hurt
agitate

Concept Thesaurus for word pity
2. Special Sympathetic Affections
Synonyms – noun

pity
of compassion
yearning
clemency
long- suffering.
grace
friend

compassion
sympathy
forbearance
leniency (lenity)
melting mood
locus paenititentiae.
partisan

commiseration
fellow-feeling
humanity
charity
argumentum ad misericordiam
sympathizer
patron

bowels
tenderness
mercy
ruth
quarter
advocate
wellwisher.

Synonyms – verbs

pity
commiserate
feel for
melt
relent
parcere subjectis
excite pity
melt the heart
supplicate (request)
deprecate.

have pity
compassionate
be sorry for
thaw
relax
give a coup de grace
touch
propitiate
cry for quarter

show pity
condole
yearn for
enter into the feelings of.
give quarter
put out of one’s misery.
soften
disarm.
beg one’s life

take pity
sympathize
weep
forbear
wipe the tears
raise pity
melt
ask for mercy
kneel

Synonyms – adjectives

pitying
touched.
humane
tender as a chicken
lenient
weak.

pitiful
merciful
humanitarian (philanthropic)
soft
exorable

compassionate
clement
tender
soft hearted
forbearing

sympathetic
ruthful
tender hearted
unhardened
melting

Synonyms – phrases
one’s heart bleeding for; haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco [Vergil]; “a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind” [Garrick]; onor di bocca assai giova e poco
Antonyms

pitilessness

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