Related Words for pity

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ruth
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Name, Name
commiseration
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Name, Noun
shame
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Noun, Noun
compassionate
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
compassion
x/x
Verb, Noun
pathos
/x
Noun, Noun
feel for
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
sympathy
/xx
Noun
disgrace
x/
Noun
disgust
x/
Noun
envy
/x
Noun
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
disdain
x/
Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
despair
x/
Noun
regret
x/
Noun
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
wonder
/x
Noun
sorrow
/x
Noun
pitiful
/xx
Adjective
contempt
x/
Noun
dismay
x/
Noun
sadly
/x
Adverb
sorry
/x
Adjective
wretched
/x
Adjective
indifference
x/xx
Noun
hope
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Noun
lamentable
x/xx
Adjective
sympathize
/xx
Verb
indignation
xx/x
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
mercy
/x
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
embarrassment
x/xx
Noun
alas
x/
Noun
despise
x/
Verb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
complain
x/
Verb
disillusion
xx/x
Noun
poor
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Adjective
appalling
x/x
Adjective
piteous
/xx
Adjective
remorse
x/
Noun
lament
x/
Noun
hate
/
Noun
bummer
/x
Noun
delight
x/
Noun
admiration
xx/x
Noun
fool
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Noun
revulsion
x/x
Noun
good
/
Adjective
scorn
/
Noun
concern
x/
Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective
fear
/
Noun
unfortunately
x/xxx
Adverb
bewilderment
x/xx
Noun
foolish
/x
Adjective
misgiving
x/x
Noun
envious
/xx
Adjective
misfortune
x/x
Noun
shameful
/x
Adjective
doubtless
/x
Adverb
terrible
/xx
Adjective
mockery
/xx
Noun
disgraceful
x/x
Adjective
insult
x/
Noun
great
/
Adjective
wish
/
Noun
empathy
/xx
Noun
ridicule
/xx
Noun
awful
/x
Adjective
outrage
/x
Noun
jealousy
/xx
Noun
ashamed
x/
Adjective
suffer
/x
Verb
resentment
x/x
Noun
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
puzzlement
/xx
Noun
petulance
/xx
Noun
begrudge
x/
Verb
spite
/
Noun
surprise
x/
Noun
grief
/
Noun
contemptible
x/xx
Adjective
jealous
/x
Adjective
ungrateful
x/x
Adjective
worry
/x
Noun
hatred
/x
Noun
dejection
x/x
Noun
astonishment
x/xx
Noun
amazement
x/x
Noun
exasperation
xxx/x
Noun
weep
/
Verb
sympathise
/xx
Verb
hopeless
/x
Adjective
apologise
x/xx
Verb
dear
/
Noun
ingratitude
//xx
Noun
sympathetic
xx/x
Adjective
agony
/xx
Noun
loathing
/x
Noun
though
/
Adverb
understandable
xx/xx
Adjective
frustration
x/x
Noun
marvellous
/xx
Adjective
bafflement
/xx
Noun
plight
/
Noun
bad luck
//
Phrase, Noun
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
pain
/
Noun
affliction
x/x
Noun
discontent
xx/
Noun
calamity
x/xx
Noun
grievance
/x
Noun
chagrin
x/
Noun
displeasure
x/x
Noun
antipathy
x/xx
Noun
cynicism
/xxx
Noun
cruelty
/x
Noun
bemoaning
x/x
Verb
sob story
//x
Phrase, Noun
the pits
x/
Phrase, Noun
heartbreaking
/xx
Adjective
hurt
/
Noun
futility
x/xx
Noun
malaise
x/
Noun
gall
/
Noun
umbrage
/x
Noun
want
/
Verb
villainy
/xx
Noun
predicament
x/xx
Noun
opprobrium
x/xx
Noun
abomination
xxx/x
Noun
discomfiture
x/xx
Noun
tough luck
//
Phrase, Noun
sore
/
Adjective
mores
/x
Verb
wallow
/x
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Adjective
thee
/
Adverb, Noun
god
/
Adjective
compunction
x/x
Noun
heartily
/xx
Adverb
tenderest
/xx
Adjective
twinge
/
Noun
pang
/
Noun
contemptuous
x/xx
Adjective
purgation
//x
Noun
mingled
/x
Adjective
maudlin
/x
Adjective
condescending
xx/x
Adjective, Verb
sincerest
x/x
Adjective
amor
/x
Noun
arousing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
ask
/
Verb, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
charity
/xx
Noun
city
/x
Noun
consternation
xx/x
Noun
damage
/x
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
drink
/
Noun, Verb
forgive
x/
Verb
fright
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
goodness
/x
Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gratitude
/xx
Noun
harm
/
Noun, Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
inciting
x/x
Verb
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
joy
/
Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
lame
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
merciful
/xx
Adjective
mistaken
x/x
Adjective
mourn
/
Verb, Noun
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
peace
/
Noun, Verb
penalty
/xx
Noun
perplexity
x/xx
Noun
piety
/xx
Noun
please
/
Verb, Adverb
punishment
/xx
Noun
regrettable
x/xx
Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
remind
x/
Verb, Noun
reverence
/xx
Noun, Verb
sanction
/x
Noun, Verb
self
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
sin
/
Noun, Verb
solicitude
x/xx
Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
trashy
/x
Adjective
unhappy
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
weariness
/xx
Noun
woe
/
Noun, Adjective
worth
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective