English-Danish translations for pity

• medlidenhed
  Tiden er ikke længere til medlidenhed og til at græde tørre tårer. It is no longer the time for pity or hypocritical snivelling.
  Dermed sker der et radikalt brud med de gamle ideer om, at en handicappet var henvist til velgørenhed og medlidenhed. This is a radical departure from the old thinking, which has viewed disabled people as objects of charity and pity.
  Jeg er begyndt at føle mig fristet til at holde op med at øve politisk kritik af kommissærerne og begyndt at føle intet andet end medlidenhed med dem. I have started to feel tempted to stop directing political criticism at the Commissioners and to start feeling nothing but pity for them.
• synd

Definition of pity

• A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something
• Something regrettable
• Piety
• To feel pity for .
• To make feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
• Short form of what a pity

Examples

• Its a pity youre feeling unwell because theres a party on tonight.

Related words

• self-pity
• uppity
• serendipity
• self-pitying
• pityriasis
• pityriatic
• pity party
• what a pity
• more's the pity