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pitying
synonyms for pitying
- compassionate
- condoling
- sympathizing
- tender
- understanding
- bleeding-heart
- all heart
- commiserative
- condolatory
- responsive
- sensitive
- soft
- softhearted
- supportive
- sympathetic
- thoughtful
See also synonyms for: unpitying
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How to use pitying in a sentence
That is the opinion that has gotten me the most pitying, “poor old-timer” looks.
Bill Russell really was the greatest of all time | Thomas M. Boswell | August 5, 2022 | Washington PostWhat should have been a moment of reckoning for a selfish, serial liar instead ended with us pitying him.
The Walking Dead’s ‘Self Help’: A Grim Show Displays Its Comedy Streak, and A Major Reveal | Melissa Leon | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo paraphrase the great John Oliver, listen up, fellow self-pitying nerd boys—we are not the victims here.
Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds | Arthur Chu | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Galina slipped in for a moment and with a pitying look gave me a blanket.
Inside Gaddafi’s Harem: The Story of a Girl’s Abduction | Annick Cojean | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTStrung out on a punishing regimen of diet pills, the once genial young man becomes a sullen, self-pitying wreck.
Richard Porton on Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Behind the Candelabra’ | Richard Porton | May 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTActually, the fact that it cowers under a phalanx makes it infinitely more pitying.
No human ear heard her cries for help, no pitying voice soothed her last agonies.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThey walked silently down the lane together, Gilbert sullen and mortified, Dorothy pitying but resolute.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie"Your memories possess you," he observed gently, and the stern look passed into something almost pitying.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodShe smiled the pitying smile of one equipped with superior knowledge when confronted with an obstinate, uninformed mind.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniSomething in his voice, a sad pitying tenderness, caused her heart to beat a shade quicker.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
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