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

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

Short form of what a pity.

present participle of pity

The act of one who pities.

plural of pitying

(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.

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

simple past tense and past participle of pity

An Azerbaijani soup made with mutton and vegetables in individual crocks with a glazed interior.