n. 1 sympathy, commiseration, sorrow, condolence, compassion, tenderness, Archaic ruth I really feel pity for Betty, being married to such a brute 2 (crying or damned) shame, sad thing, disgrace, misfortune, sin, sacrilege, Colloq crime It's a pity that no one can do anything
v. 3 sympathize, feel for, commiserate with, feel sorry for, feel or have compassion or tenderness for, bleed for, weep for I pity any mother whose son goes off to war