pity
noun
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy.
will pity
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future tenseof pity.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want to talk about these things so that people will pity me,” he said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Because the honorific “beautiful” is traditionally bestowed upon us by someone else, life is filled with moments where you hope someone will pity you with a compliment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
The child of Mr. T and Gordon Ramsay will pity the food.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2017
Similarly if you babble, interrupt other people's jokes and splutter your sentences, the audience will pity you.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013
But she will grieve over the circumstances which led to your estrangement; she will pity and forgive one so near her heart as you have been.'
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood
