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pity
verbs
feel pity (for somebody)
• No one can look at these photographs and not feel pity.
take/have pity (on somebody)
(= feel sorry for someone and treat them with sympathy )
• He was expecting a prison sentence but the judge took pity on him.
phrases
be filled with pity/full of pity
• His heart was filled with pity for them.
a feeling/sense of pity
• Annie experienced a sudden feeling of pity for the young man.
a wave/surge of pity
• The woman looked so dejected that a wave of pity washed over me.
a twinge/stab of pity
(= a small feeling of pity )
• Charles even felt a twinge of pity for Mrs Sweet.
an object of pity
(= someone who people feel sorry for )
• He was a proud man and he didn't want to be treated as an object of pity.
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noun feeling of sadness for sb/sth ADJ. immense VERB + PITY be filled with, be full of, feel, have | show | arouse, inspire an unfortunate man who inspires pity PREP. out of ~ I threw the child some money out of pity. | without ~ a cruel leader without pity | ~ for She was full of pity for him. PHRASES a feeling/sense of pity, have pity on sb We begged him to have pity on us. | an object of pity Deaf people do not want to be seen as objects of pity. | take pity on sb I took pity on him and allowed him to stay. a pity: sth that makes you feel disappointed ADJ. great, real, terrible | slight PREP. ~ about The place was lovely, but it was a pity about the weather. PHRASES a bit of a pity, rather/such a pity That would be rather a pity, wouldn't it? | what a pity What a pity you didn't tell me earlier!
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