English-Italian translations for pity

• peccato
  Peccato anche per l'Unione, peccato per i cittadini europei! It is also a pity for the Union, and a pity for the citizens of Europe.
  Se ciò succedesse, sarebbe davvero un peccato. That would be a very great pity.
  È un peccato, ma è un dato di fatto. It is a pity, but it is a reality.
• pietà
  Viene così radicalmente interrotta una vecchia concezione, secondo cui un disabile merita beneficenza e pietà. This is a radical departure from the old thinking, which has viewed disabled people as objects of charity and pity.
• compatire
  Le isole hanno una cultura distintiva, un'identità distintiva e una geografia distintiva, elementi da celebrare, non da compatire. Islands have a distinctive culture, a distinctive identity and a distinctive geography, which is something to celebrate, not pity.

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