pity

1 a regrettable or blameworthy act it's a pity the woodchuck ate all the flowers after you put so much effort into the garden Synonyms disgrace, crime, shame, sinRelated Words outrage, scandal

2 the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune a woman of boundless pity who tried to care for every abandoned animal she found Synonyms bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, heart, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartednessRelated Words feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity; affection, love, regard; affinity, empathy, rapport; altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropyNear Antonyms callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern; cruelty, harshness; animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostilityAntonyms coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

to have sympathy for I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather Synonyms ache (for), bleed (for), commiserate (with), compassionate, condole (with), feel (for), sympathize (with), yearn (over) Related Words care (for); grieve (for), sorrow (for); love; empathize (with), identify (with); tolerate, understand Near Antonyms disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook; dislike, hate, scorn