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• Pity — Pit y, n.; pl. {Pities}. [OE. pite, OF. pit[ e], piti[ e], F. piti[ e], L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See {Pious}, and cf. {Piety}.] 1. Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• What a pity! — How unfortunate! What a shame! * /What a pity that he couldn t join us on our Hawaiian trip./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• What a pity! — How unfortunate! What a shame! * /What a pity that he couldn t join us on our Hawaiian trip./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Pity sex — (also called sympathy sex or, colloquially, a mercy fuck) is a popular term used to describe sexual intercourse that is provided based solely on feelings of pity or sympathy that at least one partner feels for the other. One or all of those… …   Wikipedia

• What Men Live By — is a short story written by Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1885. It is one of the short stories included in his collaboration called What Men Live By, and other tales published in 1885. The collaboration also included the written pieces The Three… …   Wikipedia

• What is Life — «What is Life» Sencillo de George Harrison del álbum All Things Must Pass Lado B Apple Scruffs Publicación 15 de febrero de 1971 Formato Disco de vinílo de 7 …   Wikipedia Español

• What Is Life — Single par George Harrison extrait de l’album All Things Must Pass Face B Apple Scruffs Sortie 15 février 1971 Durée 4:18 Genre rock …   Wikipédia en Français

• pity — pit|y1 [ pıti ] noun uncount 1. ) a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation: She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust. There was pity in her voice. feel pity for someone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pity — I UK [ˈpɪtɪ] / US noun [uncountable] ** 1) a strong feeling of sympathy that you have for someone because they are very unhappy or in a bad situation She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust. There was pity in her voice. feel pity for …   English dictionary

• pity — noun 1 feeling of sadness for sb/sth VERB + PITY ▪ be filled with, be full of, feel, have ▪ show ▪ arouse, evoke, inspire …   Collocations dictionary

• pity — n. 1) to arouse pity 2) to feel; show pity 3) to have, take pity on smb. 4) pity for 5) a pity to + inf. (it s a pity to see what has happened) 6) a pity that + clause (it s a pity that the meeting was canceled) 7) out of pity (he agreed out of… …   Combinatory dictionary