Tra từ pity - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pity [pity pities pitied pitying] noun, verb BrE [ˈpɪti] NAmE [ˈpɪti]
noun
1. uncountable ~ (for sb/sth) a feeling of sympathy and sadness caused by the suffering and troubles of others
• I could only feel pity for what they were enduring.
• He had no pity for her.
•a look/feeling/surge of pity
•I took pity on her and lent her the money.
• (formal)I beg you to have pity on him.
•I don't want your pity.
2. singular used to show that you are disappointed about sth
Syn: ↑shame
•a ~ (that…) It's a pity that you can't stay longer.
• ‘I've lost it!’ ‘Oh, what a pity.’
•What a pity that she didn't tell me earlier.
•a ~ (to do sth) It seems a pity to waste this food.
•This dress is really nice. Pity it's so expensive.
•Oh, that's a pity.
•It would be a great pity if you gave up now.

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘clemency, mildness’): from Old French pite ‘compassion’, from Latin pietas ‘piety’; compare with ↑piety.

Thesaurus:
pity noun
1. U
•She was full of pity for the unfortunate young man.
compassion • • sympathy •
pity/compassion/sympathy for sb/sth
feel/be full of pity/compassion/sympathy
have pity/compassion/sympathy (for sb/sth)
Pity or compassion? Compassion is a warm, kind feeling that suggests that you understand what sb is suffering. If you feel pity you do not necessarily have this understanding.
2. a pity sing. (especially spoken)
•It's a pity that you can't stay longer.
unfortunate • |especially spoken a shame • • too bad • |formal regrettable •
It's a pity/a shame/too bad about sb/sth.
a pity/unfortunate/a shame/too bad/regrettable that…
a great/real/terrible pity/shame
What a pity/shame!

Word Family:
pity noun verb
pitiful adjective
pitiless adjective
pitiable adjective
piteous adjective

Example Bank:
•I threw the child some money out of pity.
•I took pity on him and allowed him to stay.
•She was full of pity for him.
•That would be rather a pity, wouldn't it?
•The place was great, but it was a pity about the weather.
•We begged him to have pity on us.
•What a pity you didn't tell me earlier!
•a cruel leader without pity
•an unfortunate man who inspires pity
•‘I've lost it!‘ ‘Oh, what a pity.’
•‘Was the bicycle insured?’ ‘No, more's the pity!’
•I don't want your pity!
•It's a pity that you can't stay longer.
•Oh, that's a pity.
•She experienced a sudden feeling of pity for the young man.
•This dress is really nice. Pity it's so expensive.
Idiom: ↑more's the pity

verb (pit·ies, pit·ied, pit·ied)(not used in the progressive tenses)
to feel sorry for sb because of their situation; to feel pity for sb
•~ sb He pitied people who were stuck in dead-end jobs.
• Compulsive gamblers are more to be pitied than condemned.
•~ sb doing sth I pity her having to work such long hours.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘clemency, mildness’): from Old French pite ‘compassion’, from Latin pietas ‘piety’; compare with ↑piety.

Word Family:
pity noun verb
pitiful adjective
pitiless adjective
pitiable adjective
piteous adjective