pitying

American  

[pit-ee-ing] / ˈpɪt i ɪŋ /

adjective

1. full of or expressing pity.

   a pitying look.

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Other Word Forms

• pityingly
  adverb
• unpitying
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of pitying

First recorded in 1640–50; pity + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Pitying the little destroyer escorts and other pint-sized ships that always knifed around the "Big E" carrying nothing but radios, the Enterprise crew raised more money and installed a transmitter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gone is Bushman—Gone Are Spotty Films, Title Readers Pitying the cinema has attained the proportions of a national pastime.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Pitying the fate of the poor orphan, the officer carried her away on his horse, and on reaching Piatigorsk, he placed her in a boarding-school kept by some French ladies.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

Buried with him must all the joy thou hast For ever sleep; and with a pale consumption, Pitying him wilt thou thyself be ruin'd?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert