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adjective

Definition of pityingnext
as in merciful

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verb

present participle of pity
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
Verb
There is nothing pitying and also nothing airbrushed in the pictures—just the occasional haze of a misty morning or the blurry tremor of a burning brush pile. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 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
  1. merciful
  2. loving
  3. tolerant
  4. sympathetic
  5. understanding
  6. patient
  7. forbearing
  8. forgiving
Adjective
  • Just when a dreadful day was approaching a merciful end, the chants from the remaining crowd at Citi Field poked fun at the New York Mets’ mess in a way boos cannot match with ridicule.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • That painful night in Dallas now feels merciful, compared with what this Avs team just experienced.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Definition of merciful
Verb
  • Your 1st House of Identity glows as the intuitive Moon conjoins loving Venus in your sign, making your presence more noticeable than usual.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • And equally as a child, loving things like The NeverEnding Story or The Dark Crystal — Jim Henson and puppetry and wanting to be either a princess or a baddie.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026
Definition of loving
Adjective
  • Conserve water by mulching, grouping plants by water needs, choosing drought-tolerant species, and capturing runoff.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026
  • The Joint Force seeks a cost-effective, theater-range, massed, and modular Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to provide a flexible, operationally-responsive, risk-tolerant option in the air domain.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
Definition of tolerant
Adjective
  • In his portrayal, the character becomes less sympathetic across seasons, and his inner life is examined against the backdrop of complex family dynamics.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
  • Andric is a sympathetic figure, but his case also illustrates why asylum law is hard.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of sympathetic
Adjective
  • Atletico coach Diego Simeone has said publicly that the player has the right to make decisions over his own future, but the Metropolitano fans are unlikely to be so understanding.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • That's why understanding affordability has become just as important as finding the right property.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of understanding
Adjective
  • That matters especially in the United States, where patient access, physician burnout and accelerating costs have all resisted incremental fixes.
    — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The hospital’s nursing team, for example, helped to develop an AI system that listens and takes notes during patient visits.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of patient
Adjective
  • With the economy in the doldrums, the public is less forbearing.
    — Jeff Kingston, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Definition of forbearing
Adjective
  • In just over half those states, the more forgiving deadlines apply only to ballots cast by military and overseas voters.
    — Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • The World Cup’s new, forgiving format allows the top eight of the 12 third-place teams, like third-place South Korea (1-0-2), to move on to knockout play with as few as three points.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Definition of forgiving

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