The state or quality of being pitiful.

(colloquial, dialect) In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.

(now rare) Feeling pity; merciful. / So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. / Of an amount or number: very small.

plural of pitifulness

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pity

plural of pity

simple past tense and past participle of pity

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

(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. / (countable) Something regrettable. / (obsolete) Piety.

Short form of what a pity.