pity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
the blind are too often objects of pity
Types & categories
- fellow feeling hypernym
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- commiserate derivation
- poor derivation
Sense 2 verb
share the suffering of
Types & categories
- sorrow hypernym
- commiserate hyponym
- care hyponym
Related & opposite
- compassion derivation
- compassion derivation
- pity derivation
Sense 3 noun
an unfortunate development
it's a pity he couldn't do it
Types & categories
- misfortune hypernym
Related & opposite
- poor derivation
Sense 4 noun
the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Types & categories
- mercifulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- compassionate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | commiserate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fellow feeling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compassion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | compassion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sorrow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commiserate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | care |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | misfortune |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | compassionate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mercifulness |