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Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈpɪt.i/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
  2. (countable) Something regrettable.
  3. (obsolete) piety

Verb

  1. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
  2. (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.

Interjektioner

  1. Short form of what a pity.

Exempel

  • He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
  • He[...]has no more pity in him than a dog.
  • The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended[...]is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.
  • It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
  • It was a thousand pities.
  • What pity is it / That we can die but once to serve our country!
  • Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
  • She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
  • It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
  • Please! Have pity on me.
  • It’s a pity the big dance is the same night as the big game on television.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticippitiedPerfektparticippityed
ImperfektpitiedImperfektpityed
PresensparticippityingPluralpities
Tredje person singular indicativ presenspitiesTredje person singular indicativ presenspitieth
Tredje person singular indicativ presenspitys