Synonyms of the word

pity

• n. (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
• n. (countable) Something regrettable.
• n. (obsolete) Piety.
• v. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
• v. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
• interj. Short form of what a pity.

commiseration

• n. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

compassion

• n. Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
• v. (obsolete) To pity.

compassionate

• adj. Having, feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.
• adj. Of a leave, given to someone because of a domestic emergency.
• adj. (obsolete) Inviting pity; pitiable.
• v. (archaic) To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.

grieve

• v. (transitive) To cause sorrow or distress to.
• v. (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
• v. (intransitive) To experience grief.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To harm.
• v. (transitive) To submit or file a grievance.
• n. (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
• n. (chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.

mercifulness

• n. The state of being merciful; mercy.

mercy

• n. (uncountable) relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
• n. (uncountable) forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
• n. (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion.
• n. (countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness.
• n. (countable) A blessing, something to be thankful for.
• v. (obsolete) To thank.
• interj. Expressing surprise or alarm.

misfortune

• n. (uncountable) bad luck.
• n. (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident.

pathos

• n. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially…
• n. (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of…
• n. (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
• n. (theology, philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep…
• n. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

ruth

• n. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy.
• n. (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse.
• n. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. 13th-19th c.
• n. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight.

shame

• n. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other…
• n. Something to regret.
• n. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
• n. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
• n. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
• interj. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
• interj. (South Africa) Expressing sympathy.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
• v. (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
• v. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
• v. (obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

sorrow

• n. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe.
• n. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
• v. (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
• v. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.

sympathy

• n. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
• n. The ability to share the feelings of another.
• n. A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
• n. Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.