as in merciful
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as in loving
to have sympathy for
I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather
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Recent Examples of pitying
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Twenty-first-century indie shaped the identities of many Millennials, but it’s now often talked about with pitying nostalgia—as the bygone style of hipsters with handlebar mustaches pretending to be countercultural while making easy-listening music for hotel lobbies.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitying
Adjective
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Zubac outscored Guangzhou 12-10 in the paint by himself in the first half, and that was with Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue being merciful.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Not to be the guy to be merciful and fly out benignly to right field for the game’s final out.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lopedote, who lived in Havelock, is remembered as a loving caretaker, generous cook and homemade gift-giver in an online obituary.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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But her intended target turns out to be her husband, who is suddenly revealed to be starkly different from the loving family man Nadia has known.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Ordinary members of the Communist Party helped make the US a more tolerant, more democratic society—and put pressure on liberals to dismantle barriers between people deemed worthy of government help and those who were not.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Farmers also need varieties that are heat tolerant.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito signaled views mostly sympathetic to the president.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Lennon, who grew up in a fractured home with little connection to global politics, is sympathetic when the Irish Liberation Army gets in touch and wants to plan concert tours that will raise bail money for their members.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Chastain, who is the lead star and an executive producer of the series, was not especially understanding.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to Comedy Central and South Park fans for being so understanding.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The investigation has resulted in Wallace being charged with concealment of death from unnatural causes, patient abuse and neglect and felony assault of an individual with disabilities, police said.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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His focus was on treating her as an individual and patient, not as a statistic.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With the economy in the doldrums, the public is less forbearing.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Be Sympathetic In the days following daylight saving time, try to be more forgiving if your child is throwing extra temper tantrums or seems to be particularly frustrated or emotional.—
Dina Roth Port,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Pete Dye–designed, 36-hole layout includes the famed Straits Course, which runs along two miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, and the Irish Course, its slightly more forgiving inland counterpart.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Pitying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitying. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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