noun
1 feeling of sadness for sb/sth
VERB + PITY
▪ be filled with , be full of , feel , have
▪ show
▪ arouse , evoke , inspire
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an unfortunate man who inspires ~
▪ deserve
PREPOSITION
▪ out of ~
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I threw the child some money out of ~.
▪ without ~
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a cruel leader without ~
▪ ~ for
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She was full of ~ for him.
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~ , have ~ on sb
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We begged him to have ~ on us.
▪ an object of ~
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Deaf people do not want to be seen as objects of ~.
▪ take ~ on sb
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I took ~ on him and allowed him to stay.
2 a pity sth that makes you feel disappointed
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , real
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
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The place was great, but it was a ~ about the weather.
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~ ( BrE ), such a ~
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That would be such a ~, wouldn't it?
▪ what a ~
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What a ~ you didn't tell me earlier!