Pitying — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

adjective verb /ˈpi-tē-iŋ/ pity·ing

Meaning & Definition of Pitying

Pitying (adjective)

  1. expressing or feeling pity

Pitying (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. as in patient, understanding

    similar: patient, tolerant, understanding, clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient, merciful, soft, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted, attentive, considerate, solicitous, thoughtful, affable, amicable, benign, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mild, neighborly, nice, pleasant, sweet, warm, altruistic, brotherly, charitable, freehanded, generous, greathearted, humanitarian, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, openhearted, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish, unsparing, anticruelty, cruelty-free
    opposite: grim, hard-boiled, harsh, heavy-handed, severe, stern, tough, unsentimental, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent, antihumanitarian, uncharitable, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton

Pitying (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. to have sympathy for

    "I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather"

    similar: aching (for), bleeding (for), commiserating (with), compassionating, condoling (with), feeling (for), sympathizing (with), yearning (over)
    related: caring (for), grieving (for), sorrowing (for), loving, empathizing (with), identifying (with), tolerating, understanding
    near: disregarding, ignoring, neglecting, overlooking, disliking, hating, scorning

Related Entry: Pity (verb)

Pity is a different word from Pitying. The synonyms below are for pity, not for pitying.

  1. to have sympathy for

    "I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather"

    similar: ache (for), bleed (for), commiserate (with), compassionate, condole (with), feel (for), sympathize (with), yearn (over)
    related: care (for), grieve (for), sorrow (for), love, empathize (with), identify (with), tolerate, understand
    near: disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, dislike, hate, scorn

Related Entry: Self-pity (noun)

Self-pity is a different word from Pitying. The synonyms below are for self-pity, not for pitying.

  1. a feeling of pity for yourself because you believe you have suffered more than is fair or reasonable

    "He was wallowing in self-pity."

    "She spoke without a trace of self-pity."

    similar: melancholia, blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, despond, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, oppression, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, anguish, dolor, grief, mourning, somberness, sorrow, woefulness, agony, distress, pain, misery, woe, wretchedness, discouragement, disheartenment, moodiness, despair, desperation, hopelessness, self-despair, boredom, ennui, tedium, dismalness, drear, morbidness, moroseness, morosity, regret, rue
    opposite: gaiety, gayness, glee, gleefulness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, hopefulness, optimism, sunniness, content, contentedness, contentment, satisfaction, delight, gratification, bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, happiness, heaven, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Another Word for Pitying

The most common words with a similar meaning to Pitying:

patient, tolerant, understanding, clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient, merciful, soft, beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted, attentive, considerate, solicitous, thoughtful, affable, amicable, benign, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious

Antonyms & Opposite Words for Pitying

Words with the opposite meaning of Pitying:

grim, hard-boiled, harsh, heavy-handed, severe, stern, tough, unsentimental, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, inconsiderate, insensitive, thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, virulent, antihumanitarian, uncharitable, atrocious

Related Words for Pitying

caring (for), grieving (for), sorrowing (for), loving, empathizing (with), identifying (with), tolerating

Near Antonyms of Pitying

disregarding, ignoring, neglecting, overlooking, disliking, hating, scorning

Word Forms of Pitying

Derived words: pityingly (adverb)

Origin & Etymology of Pitying

First known use: 1589

Frequently Asked Questions about Pitying

What does "Pitying" mean?

"Pitying" means expressing or feeling pity. As an an adjective and a verb, it is defined as: expressing or feeling pity. It has 2 distinct senses.

What is another word for "Pitying"?

Other words for "Pitying" include patient, tolerant, understanding, clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient and merciful. The best synonym depends on which meaning of "Pitying" you intend.

What are different ways to say "Pitying"?

There are 79 words and phrases with a similar meaning to "Pitying". Common alternatives include patient, tolerant, understanding, clement, forbearing, forgiving, lenient, merciful, soft and beneficent.

What is the opposite of "Pitying"?

Antonyms of "Pitying" include grim, hard-boiled, harsh, heavy-handed, severe, stern, tough and unsentimental. Near antonyms include disregarding, ignoring, neglecting and overlooking.

How do you use "Pitying" in a sentence?

Examples of "Pitying" in a sentence: "I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather".

Is "Pitying" a noun, verb, or adjective?

"Pitying" can be used as an adjective and a verb, depending on the context.

How do you pronounce "Pitying"?

"Pitying" is pronounced /ˈpi-tē-iŋ/ and divided into syllables as pity·ing.

What is the origin of the word "Pitying"?

First known use: 1589.