PITY vs SHAME: NOUN
- Something regrettable.
- A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- An unfortunate development
- A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
- Piety.
- Synonyms pity, Compassion, Commiseration, Sympathy, condolence. Pity is the only one of these words that allows even a tinge of contempt; pity and Compassion come from one who is felt to be so far superior. Sympathy, on the other hand, puts the sufferer and the one sympathizing with him upon an equality by their fellow-feeling. Compassion does not keep so near its derivation; it is deep tenderness of feeling for one who is suffering. Sympathy is equal to compassion in its expression of tenderness. Commiseration is, by derivation, sharing another's misery; condolence is sharing another's grief. Commiseration may and condolence must stand for the communication to another of one's feelings of sorrow for his case. It is some comfort of receive commiseration or condolence; it gives one strength to receive sympathy from a loving heart; it is irksome to need compassion; it galls us to be pitied. Sympathy does not necessarily imply more than kinship of feeling. See also the quotations under condolence.
- A cause, matter, or source, of regret or grief; a thing to be regretted: as, it is a pity you lost it; it is a thousand pities that it should be so.
- Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.
- A matter of regret.
- Sympathetic sorrow for the suffering with another; a feeling which inspires one to relieve the suffering of another.
- An appeal for pity.
- A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
- The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
- A painful emotion caused by the awareness of having done something wrong or foolish.
- An unfortunate development
- A state of dishonor
- A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- Respect for propriety or morality.
- That which is shameful and private, especially on the personal body.
- Something to regret.
- Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.
- To cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace.
- You should be ashamed; shame on you!
- The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
- A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
- Synonyms Mortification. Opprobrium, odium, obloquy, scandal.
- The parts of the body which modesty requires to be covered.
- Grossly injurious or ignominious treatment or acts; ignominy; disgrace; dishonor; derision; contempt; contumely.
- Tendency to feel distress at any breach of decorum or decency, especially at any unseemly exposure of one's person.
- A pervasive, negative emotional state, usually originating in childhood, marked by chronic self-reproach and a sense of personal failure.
- A condition of disgrace or dishonor; ignominy.
- A painful feeling or sense of degradation excited by a consciousness of having done something unworthy of one's own previous idea of one's excellence; also, a peculiar painful feeling or sense of being in a situation offensive to decency, or likely to bring contempt upon the person experiencing the feeling.
- A regrettable or unfortunate situation.
- One that brings dishonor, disgrace, or condemnation.
- A thing or person to be ashamed of; that which brings or is a source or cause of contempt, ignominy, or reproach; a disgrace or dishonor.
PITY vs SHAME: VERB
- To feel pity for (someone or something).
- Share the suffering of
- Compel through a sense of shame
- Surpass or beat by a wide margin
- Cause to be ashamed
- To feel shame, be ashamed.
- Bring shame or dishonor upon
PITY vs SHAME: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To feel pity.
- To feel pity for or on account of.
- To be compassionate; to show pity.
- To be ashamed; to feel shame.
PITY vs SHAME: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
- To move to pity; -- used impersonally.
- To mock at; to deride.
- To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
- To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
- To cause to feel ashamed to the point of doing something.
- To bring dishonor or disgrace on.
- To disgrace by surpassing.
- To cause to feel shame.
PITY vs SHAME: INTERJECTION
- Short form of what a pity.
- A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
- Expressing sympathy.
PITY vs SHAME: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To be compassionate; exercise pity.
- Synonyms To sympathize with, feel for. See pity, n.
- To feel pity or compassion for; compassionate; commiserate: as, to pity the blind or their misfortune; to pity the oppressed.
- To excite pity in; fill with pity or compassion: used impersonally.
- (idiom) (have/take) To show compassion for.
- To mock at; deride; treat with contumely or contempt.
- To shun through shame.
- Synonyms To mortify, humilinte, abash.
- To cover with reproach or ignominy; disgrace.
- To make ashamed; cause to blush or to feel degraded, dishonored, or disgraced.
- To be ashamed of.
- To be or feel ashamed.
- To force or drive by shame.
- (idiom) (sense of shame) An understanding and respect for propriety and morality.
- (idiom) (put to shame) To outdo thoroughly; surpass.
- (idiom) (put to shame) To cause to feel shame.
PITY vs SHAME: RELATED WORDS
- Alas, Disgrace, Unfortunate, Sorry, Sympathy, Sad, Condole with, Sympathize with, Feel for, Compassionate, Ruth, Pathos, Commiseration, Compassion, Shame
- Sorry, Horrible, Terrible, Ashamed, Humiliation, Disgraceful, Sad, Shameful, Embarrassment, Attaint, Dishonour, Ignominy, Dishonor, Pity, Disgrace
PITY vs SHAME: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Regrettable, Regret, Pathetic, Alas, Disgrace, Unfortunate, Sorry, Sympathy, Sad, Sympathize with, Feel for, Compassionate, Pathos, Compassion, Shame
- Unfortunate, Regret, Sorry, Horrible, Terrible, Ashamed, Humiliation, Disgraceful, Sad, Shameful, Embarrassment, Dishonour, Dishonor, Pity, Disgrace
PITY vs SHAME: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Pity and all and may God open their hearts to Pity a poor Woman and two children.
- Pity the former Vice President, but pity even more the millions of English learners around the world.
- We only pity a miserable person in so far as we think they feel the need of pity.
- Terror and pity: Ferlinghetti stirs up a pity for his sincere nervousness, or nervous sincerity, in quite confessional work.
- Poor fellows, I pity them: as one always has for fools more pity than anger.
- Never pity the physically handicapped child, they do not want your pity.
- Because he had pity, pity shall be shown to him.
- Beautiful traits of pity too, an honest pity.
- Henry, Pity the city of London, pity us!
- Have pity on Me and I will pity you.
- But the main problem here that you must learn to get rid of is the shame because most diseases are shame based.
- The differences in the behavioral concomitants of shame can be understood from the meanings associated with shame.
- For each of these shame areas there are three items addressing the experiential, behavioral and cognitive components of shame.
- Her shame gave her insight to the shame of others.
- Shame resilience theory: A grounded theory study on women and shame.
- November, he approaches the topic of shame through four different lenses, called shame paradigms.
- Shame one of them lost touch with the common man, such a shame!
- Whose shame is that, if he went hence with shame?
- So shame, shame, shame to the University Herald.
- Shame on you, shame, shame, shame for polluting legitimate discussion with race.
PITY vs SHAME: QUESTIONS
- Why does Dante feel pity for the sinners in Malebolge?
- How does Oedipus express his feelings of pity and fear?
- Is the pity of war by Niall Ferguson worth reading?
- Does Lilly take pity on Clementine in the Walking Dead?
- What does Leopardi ask Dante for pity in All'Italia?
- Why does Mahon pity Ismay for escaping the Titanic?
- Are pity and fear the exclusive emotions to tragedy?
- Is amnesia rebirth finally taking pity on your nerves?
- Do character event banners count towards pity drops?
- When does prettypuddles Pity Party perform in Atlanta?
- How do you identify the different manifestations of shame?
- Does the movie Shame have an opening credits scene?
- Where do you shame the most cringeworthy Neckbeards?
- Is shame associated with anorexia and bulimia nervosa?
- Why is vulnerability so important in healing shame?
- Do evangelical women promote Shame and sexual ignorance?
- Is shame proneness related to posttraumatic stress disorder?
- Does shame cause social anxiety in bulimia nervosa?
- Should judges have the authority to shame criminals?
- Who is the director of the movie Shame Shame Shame?