UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: NOUN
- A person who suffers misfortune
- A victim of bad luck.
- One who or that which is unfortunate; one who has fallen into misfortune or misery.
- An unlucky person.
- Something regrettable.
- A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
- 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.
- An appeal for pity.
- An unfortunate development
- The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
- A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- 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.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: ADJECTIVE
- Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
- Not favored by fortune
- Regrettable; deplorable.
- Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune.
- Having bad luck; unlucky.
- Not auspicious; boding ill
- Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune
- Unsuitable or regrettable
- Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy
- N/A
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: VERB
- N/A
- Share the suffering of
- To feel pity for (someone or something).
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To feel pity.
- To feel pity for or on account of.
- To be compassionate; to show pity.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- 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.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: INTERJECTION
- N/A
- Short form of what a pity.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Boding ill
- Not auspicious
- Not fortunate; not prosperous; unlucky; unhappy: as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man.
- Synonyms Unsuccessful, ill-fated, ill-starred, disastrous, calamitous. See fortunate.
- To feel pity or compassion for; compassionate; commiserate: as, to pity the blind or their misfortune; to pity the oppressed.
- Synonyms To sympathize with, feel for. See pity, n.
- To be compassionate; exercise pity.
- To excite pity in; fill with pity or compassion: used impersonally.
- (idiom) (have/take) To show compassion for.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: RELATED WORDS
- Fateful, Abject, Poor, Pitiful, Miserable, Pitiable, Wretched, Unhappy, Inauspicious, Calamitous, Pathetic, Disastrous, Unlucky, Misfortunate, Regrettable
- Alas, Disgrace, Unfortunate, Sorry, Sympathy, Sad, Condole with, Sympathize with, Feel for, Compassionate, Ruth, Pathos, Commiseration, Compassion, Shame
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Fateful, Abject, Poor, Pitiful, Miserable, Pitiable, Wretched, Unhappy, Inauspicious, Calamitous, Pathetic, Disastrous, Unlucky, Misfortunate, Regrettable
- Regrettable, Regret, Pathetic, Alas, Disgrace, Unfortunate, Sorry, Sympathy, Sad, Sympathize with, Feel for, Compassionate, Pathos, Compassion, Shame
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- In some legal systems, this has unfortunate consequences.
- DVR, which is unfortunate, but not too pricey.
- This is very unfortunate and sad to hear.
- Antioch were rewarding despite her unfortunate teaching experience.
- This is unfortunate because they are quite different.
- In retail, angry customers are an unfortunate reality.
- So unfortunate, because this is a WONDERFUL area!
- In my opinion, this is an unfortunate loss.
- These rare situations are unfortunate and unacceptable incidents.
- Predictions can be an unfortunate encounter with an unfortunate encounter assured of emergency or a high indignity.
- 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.
UNFORTUNATE vs PITY: QUESTIONS
- Who plays Violet in a series of Unfortunate Events?
- What are some names that have unfortunate meanings?
- What has Bennett learned from his unfortunate events?
- Was Adarsh Shastri's resignation'unfortunate but expected'?
- What does Lemony Snicket say about unfortunate events?
- What is another word for unfortunate incident?
- What are some examples of unfortunate Facebook discoveries?
- Is Mahidevran the most unfortunate queen in history?
- Is the movie unfortunate events appropriate for kids?
- Is Pinocchio the unfortunate victim of circumstance?
- 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?
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