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pitied

/ˈpɪtid/

pitied is the simple past and past participle of pity.

Meaning of pity

Verb

pity (third-person singular simple present pities, present participle pitying, simple past and past participle pitied)

  1. (transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
    • You have got to pity the guy - he lost his wife, mother and job in the same month.
  2. (transitive) To feel contempt for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
  3. (regional, transitive) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
    • She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee; / That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about pitied

What is pitied the simple past and past participle of?
Pitied is the simple past and past participle of pity.
How do you pronounce pitied?
Pitied is pronounced /ˈpɪtid/.

Words near pitied in the dictionary

  1. pitiablenesses
  2. pitiably
  3. pitiamide
  4. pitiamides
  5. pitie
  6. pitied
  7. pitier
  8. pitiers
  9. pities
  10. pitiest
  11. pitieth

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