Pity vs. Commiserate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pity and Commiserate
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Pity
Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and is used in a comparable sense to compassion, condolence or empathy - the word deriving from the Latin pietās (etymon also of piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself.
Commiserate
Express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize
She went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances
Pity
Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.
Commiserate
To feel or express sorrow or pity for; sympathize with.
Pity
A matter of regret
It's a pity she can't attend the reception.
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Commiserate
To feel or express sympathy
Commiserated over their failure.
Pity
To feel pity for or on account of
"No, he could not believe it a bad house.
Not such a house as a man was to be pitied for having" (Jane Austen). "An office worker pitied his confinement and slipped in to give him a loaf of bread" (Eric Scigliano).
Commiserate
Commiserating, pitying, lamentful
Pity
To feel pity.
Commiserate
(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.
Pity
(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.
Take pity on someone
Commiserate
To sympathize; condole.
Pity
(countable) Something regrettable.
It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
What a pity about the band breaking up. I loved them!
Commiserate
(ambitransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with. en
Pity
(obsolete) Piety.
Commiserate
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weightOf age, disease, or want, commiserate.
We should commiserate our mutual ignorance.
Pity
(transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
Commiserate
To feel or express sympathy or compassion
Pity
To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
Pity
Short form of what a pity.
Pity
Piety.
Pity
A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
He . . . has no more pity in him than a dog.
Pity
A reason or cause of pity, grief, or regret; a thing to be regretted.
What pity is itThat we can die but once to serve our country!
Pity
To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Pity
To move to pity; - used impersonally.
It pitieth them to see her in the dust.
Pity
To be compassionate; to show pity.
I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy.
Pity
A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others;
The blind are too often objects of pity
Pity
An unfortunate development;
It's a pity he couldn't do it
Pity
The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Pity
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