1. (

• commiseration ,
• pity ,
• ruth ,
• pathos

) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" ;

2. (

• pity ,
• shame

) an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it" ;

3. (

• compassion ,
• pity

) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it ;

1. (

• feel_for ,
• pity ,
• compassionate ,
• condole_with ,
• sympathize_with

) share the suffering of ;