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(noun) an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" |
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Synonyms: shame |
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Related Words: bad luck, misfortune |
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(verb) share the suffering of |
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Synonyms: compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with |
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Related Words: care, commiserate, grieve, sorrow, sympathize |
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(noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it |
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Synonyms: compassion |
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Related Words: mercifulness, mercy |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" |
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Synonyms: commiseration, pathos, ruth |
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Related Words: fellow feeling, sympathy |
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