It's a pity when somebody dies.
Source: tatoeba (1570)
Pity
//ˈpɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "pity" (116 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (58)
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More general
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
More specific
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
205 translations across 62 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- οἰκτιρμός noun (feeling of sympathy)
- οἶκτος noun (feeling of sympathy)
- σπλάγχνον noun (feeling of sympathy)
- συμπάθεια noun (feeling of sympathy)
Arabic
3 entries- شفقة noun (feeling of sympathy)
- شَفَقَة noun (feeling of sympathy)
- شَفِقَ verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Armenian
2 entries- խղճահարություն noun (feeling of sympathy)
- խղճալ verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Assamese
1 entries- পুতৌ noun (feeling of sympathy)
Belarusian
4 entries- жа́ласць noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жаль noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жаль noun (something regrettable)
- лі́тасць noun (feeling of sympathy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жа́лост noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жал noun (something regrettable)
Catalan
2 entries- llàstima noun (something regrettable)
- pietat noun (feeling of sympathy)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏙᎵᎦ verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 可憐 /可怜 verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- see entry) 可惜 noun (something regrettable)
- 憐憫 /怜悯 noun (feeling of sympathy)
- 可憐 /可怜 verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Czech
4 entries- lítost noun (feeling of sympathy)
- soucit noun (feeling of sympathy)
- škoda noun (something regrettable)
- být líto (koho) verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Danish
2 entries- medlidenhed noun (feeling of sympathy)
- synd noun (something regrettable)
Dutch
4 entries- deernis noun (feeling of sympathy)
- jammer noun (something regrettable)
- medelijden noun (feeling of sympathy)
- spijtig noun (something regrettable)
Esperanto
3 entries- domaĝo noun (something regrettable)
- kompato noun (feeling of sympathy)
- kompati verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Finnish
4 entries- ikävä noun (something regrettable)
- sääli noun (feeling of sympathy)
- sääli noun (something regrettable)
- sääliä verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
French
4 entries- compassion noun (feeling of sympathy)
- dommage noun (something regrettable)
- honte noun (something regrettable)
- pitié noun (feeling of sympathy)
Galician
4 entries- amerceamento noun (feeling of sympathy)
- compaixón noun (feeling of sympathy)
- macela noun (feeling of sympathy)
- mágoa noun (something regrettable)
Georgian
3 entries- სამწუხარო noun (something regrettable)
- საწყენი noun (something regrettable)
- სიბრალული noun (feeling of sympathy)
German
3 entries- Mitleid noun (feeling of sympathy)
- schade noun (something regrettable)
- bemitleiden verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (feeling of sympathy)
Greek
3 entries- οίκτος noun (feeling of sympathy)
- λυπάμαι verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- οικτίρω verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Hebrew
1 entries- רָחַם verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Hindi
2 entries- दया noun (feeling of sympathy)
- अनुकंपा verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Hungarian
4 entries- együttérzés noun (feeling of sympathy)
- irgalom noun (feeling of sympathy)
- kár noun (something regrettable)
- könyörület noun (feeling of sympathy)
Icelandic
1 entries- samúð noun (feeling of sympathy)
Irish
3 entries- trua noun (feeling of sympathy)
- trua noun (something regrettable)
- trua a bheith agat do verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Italian
3 entries- peccato noun (something regrettable)
- pietà noun (feeling of sympathy)
- compatire verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Japanese
4 entries- 同情 noun (feeling of sympathy)
- 憐れみ noun (feeling of sympathy)
- 残念 noun (something regrettable)
- 同情する verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Korean
4 entries- 동정 noun (feeling of sympathy)
- 동정하다 verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- 불쌍히 생각하다 verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- 안타까워하다 verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Ladino
1 entries- adjidear verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Latin
3 entries- misericordia noun (feeling of sympathy)
- misereor verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- miseret verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Macedonian
1 entries- жалост noun (feeling of sympathy)
Malayalam
2 entries- സഹതാപം noun (feeling of sympathy)
- സഹതപിക്കുക verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Māori
3 entries- aroha noun (feeling of sympathy)
- whakaaroha noun (feeling of sympathy)
- whakaaroha verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Neapolitan
1 entries- peccato noun (something regrettable)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- usikinia verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Occitan
1 entries- pietat noun (feeling of sympathy)
Old Irish
1 entries- ar·cessi verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رحم noun (feeling of sympathy)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jauma noun (feeling of sympathy)
- Jaumahoat noun (feeling of sympathy)
Polish
4 entries- litość noun (feeling of sympathy)
- szkoda noun (something regrettable)
- współczucie noun (feeling of sympathy)
- pożałować verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Portuguese
4 entries- lástima noun (something regrettable)
- pena noun (feeling of sympathy)
- pena noun (something regrettable)
- apiedar-se de verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Romanian
4 entries- compasiune noun (feeling of sympathy)
- compătimire noun (feeling of sympathy)
- milă noun (feeling of sympathy)
- păcat noun (something regrettable)
Russian
4 entries- жа́лость noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жаль noun (something regrettable)
- сожале́ние noun (something regrettable)
- сострада́ние noun (feeling of sympathy)
Sanskrit
2 entries- करुणा noun (feeling of sympathy)
- दया noun (feeling of sympathy)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- beud noun (something regrettable)
- dìobhail noun (something regrettable)
- iochd noun (feeling of sympathy)
- oircheas noun (feeling of sympathy)
Sicilian
1 entries- cumpiatà noun (feeling of sympathy)
Slovak
4 entries- súcit noun (feeling of sympathy)
- ľútosť noun (feeling of sympathy)
- škoda noun (something regrettable)
- mať súcit s verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Spanish
4 entries- compasión noun (feeling of sympathy)
- lástima noun (feeling of sympathy)
- lástima noun (something regrettable)
- pena noun (something regrettable)
Swedish
4 entries- medlidande noun (feeling of sympathy)
- medömkan noun (feeling of sympathy)
- synd noun (something regrettable)
- tycka synd om verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Tagalog
1 entries- awa noun (feeling of sympathy)
Tarifit
1 entries- aziǧez noun (feeling of sympathy)
Telugu
1 entries- జాలి noun (feeling of sympathy)
Thai
3 entries- การสงสาร noun (feeling of sympathy)
- ความน่าเสียดาย noun (something regrettable)
- สงสาร verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Tocharian B
2 entries- karuṃ noun (feeling of sympathy)
- wärs verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Turkish
3 entries- acıma noun (feeling of sympathy)
- merhamet noun (feeling of sympathy)
- şefkat noun (feeling of sympathy)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жа́лість noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жаль noun (feeling of sympathy)
- жаль noun (something regrettable)
- жа́лувати verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Urdu
4 entries- افسوس noun (feeling of sympathy)
- ہمدردی noun (feeling of sympathy)
- ترس verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- ترس آنا verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەپسۈس noun (feeling of sympathy)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tội verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
- tội nghiệp verb (to feel pity for someone or something)
Welsh
2 entries- trueni noun (feeling of sympathy)
- trueni noun (something regrettable)
Yiddish
1 entries- שאָד noun (something regrettable)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
It's a pity that you can't buy miracles like you would buy potatoes.
Source: tatoeba (1840)
I cannot help you, not but that I pity you.
Source: tatoeba (17449)
It's a pity that you can't come.
Source: tatoeba (17704)
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