as in loved
to have sympathy for
I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather
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Recent Examples of pitied
So horrific were the conditions, Tamimy at times pitied those brought to the hospital.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Often, films about characters who don’t realize they are being pitied can make for difficult viewing, but in Richard Linklater’s deft hands, Hart is rendered as an artist ahead of his time, down on his luck, and too enamored with the bottle to escape that predicament.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
As for whether Hart, who is shown in the opening scene of the film collapsed in an alley, should be pitied, Hawke says that’s too simple of an emotion for the brilliant, but complicated character.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Often, films about characters who don’t realize they are being pitied can make for difficult viewing, but in Richard Linklater’s deft hands, Hart is rendered as an artist ahead of his time, down on his luck, and too enamored with the bottle to escape that predicament.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
As for whether Hart, who is shown in the opening scene of the film collapsed in an alley, should be pitied, Hawke says that’s too simple of an emotion for the brilliant, but complicated character.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitied
Verb
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Looking back, Harold's family doesn't think Marsha ever really loved him.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The most astonishing cameo occurs when Lara Jean comes to town, giving her little sister, Kitty, advice on the relationships of all the boys she’s loved before.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Stout, who has a doctorate in clinical psychology and has worked in the mental health field her entire career, understood what her uncle needed, and Hochheiser himself wasn’t shy.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the ’90s and 2000s, under Senegalese presidents Abdou Diouf and Abdoulaye Wade, who extended Leopold Senghor’s vision of art as statecraft, Dak’Art benefited from government backing not just as a matter of policy but because these presidents understood that culture mattered.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Pitied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitied. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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