1. имя существительное 1) жалость, сожаление, сострадание Например: for pity's sake! — умоляю вас! to take / have pity on somebody — сжалиться над кем-либо Синоним(ы): compassion, sympathy 2) печальный факт Например: it is a pity — жаль it's a pity you can't go — жаль, что вы не можете пойти it is a thousand pities — очень жаль more's the pity — тем хуже what a pity!, the pity of it! — как жалко! It is a great pity we should not be friends. — Очень жаль, что мы не друзья. 2. глагол жалеть, соболезновать Например: I pity you if you can't understand a plain statement like that. — Мне жаль вас, если вы не можете понять такое простое утверждение. Синоним(ы): condole
I. noun (plural pities) Etymology: Middle English pite, from Anglo-French pité, from Latin pietat-, pietas piety, pity, from pius pious 1. a. sympathetic sorrow for one suffering, distressed, or unhappy b. capacity to feel pity 2. something to be regretted Example: it's a pity you can't go Synonyms: pity, compassion, commiseration, condolence, sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress Example: felt pity for the captives. compassion implies pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare Example: treats the homeless with great compassion. commiseration suggests pity expressed outwardly in exclamations, tears, or words of comfort Example: murmurs of commiseration filled the loser's headquarters. condolence applies chiefly to formal expression of grief to one who has suffered loss Example: expressed their condolences to the widow. sympathy often suggests a tender concern but can also imply a power to enter into another's emotional experience of any sort Example: went to my best friend for sympathy Example: in sympathy with her desire to locate her natural parents. II. verb (pitied; pitying) transitive verb to feel pity for intransitive verb to feel pity