Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.

    I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.

    take pity on someone

    Mitleid

    жа́лостьžálostʹ, сострада́ниеsostradánije, сочу́вствиеsočúvstvije

    жальžalʹ, жа́лістьžálistʹ

    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

  2. (uncountable)Feeling of contempt one has for someone who is hopelessly inferior.

  3. (countable, singular, singular only)Something regrettable.

    It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.

    What a pity about the band breaking up. I loved them!

    schade

    жальžalʹ, сожале́ниеsožalénije

    жальžalʹ

  4. (Early, Modern, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Piety.

Examples

396 sentences
  1. It's a pity when somebody dies.

    Шкода, коли хтось помирає.

    ruЖаль, когда кто-то умирает.

    deEs ist schade, wenn jemand stirbt.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. It's a pity you can't come.

    Шкода, що ти не можеш прийти.

    ruЖаль, что ты не можешь прийти.

    deEs ist schade, dass du nicht kommen kannst.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. It's a pity that you can't come.

    Шкода, що ти не можеш прийти.

    ruЖаль, что вы не можете прийти.

    deEs ist schade, dass du nicht kommen kannst.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. It's a pity that Tom can't come.

    Шкода, що Том не може прийти.

    ruЖаль, что Том не может прийти.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. It's a pity that Tom is leaving.

    Шкода, що Том вже йде.

    ruЖаль, что Том уезжает.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
feeling of sympathy:
Русский
By meaning 2
feeling of sympathy:
something regrettable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
feeling of sympathy:
something regrettable:

Origin

From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc.

From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: pities
Singularpity
Pluralpities

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an unfortunate development:shame
  • the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it:compassion
  • a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others:commiserationruthpathos

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a pity that
  • be a pity
  • a pity if

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pity — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto