Feeling or expressing pity

• pitiful

  1. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
  2. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  3. (Now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.

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  1. Arousing contemptuous pity, as through ineptitude or inadequacy.
  2. Inspiring or deserving pity.
  3. (Now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.

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• piteous

  1. (Archaic) Pitying; compassionate.
  2. Arousing or deserving pity or compassion
  3. Pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.

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  1. (Archaic) Pitying; compassionate.
  2. Arousing or deserving pity or compassion
  3. Pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.

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• sympathetic

  1. Relating to or acting on the sympathetic nervous system:
  2. Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial:
  3. Emitting such vibrations:

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  1. Relating to or acting on the sympathetic nervous system:
  2. Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial:
  3. Emitting such vibrations:

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• pitying

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• condolatory

  1. Offering condolence.

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  1. Offering condolence.

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• commiserative

  1. Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy

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  1. Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy

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Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering

• merciful

  1. Showing mercy
  2. Full of mercy; compassionate:
  3. Full of mercy; having, feeling, or showing mercy; compassionate; lenient, clement, etc.

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  1. Showing mercy
  2. Full of mercy; compassionate:
  3. Full of mercy; having, feeling, or showing mercy; compassionate; lenient, clement, etc.

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• humanitarian

  1. Helping humanity
  2. Showing concern for the welfare of humanity, especially in acting to improve the living conditions of impoverished people.
  3. Being a situation in which many human lives are in danger of harm or death:

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  1. Helping humanity
  2. Showing concern for the welfare of humanity, especially in acting to improve the living conditions of impoverished people.
  3. Being a situation in which many human lives are in danger of harm or death:

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• humane

  1. Characterized by an emphasis on humanistic values and concerns:
  2. Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion:
  3. Having what are considered the best qualities of human beings; kind, tender, merciful, sympathetic, etc.

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  1. Characterized by an emphasis on humanistic values and concerns:
  2. Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion:
  3. Having what are considered the best qualities of human beings; kind, tender, merciful, sympathetic, etc.

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• human

  1. Of, belonging to, or typical of mankind (Homo sapiens)
  2. Made up of humans:
  3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans:

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  1. Of, belonging to, or typical of mankind (Homo sapiens)
  2. Made up of humans:
  3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans:

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• charitable

  1. Having a purpose or character of a charity.
  2. Of, for, or concerned with charity:
  3. Characterized by lenient or forbearing judgment:

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  1. Having a purpose or character of a charity.
  2. Of, for, or concerned with charity:
  3. Characterized by lenient or forbearing judgment:

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To experience or express compassion

• yearn

  1. To be filled with longing or desire
  2. To have a strong, often sad longing:
  3. To feel tenderness or sympathy

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  1. To be filled with longing or desire
  2. To have a strong, often sad longing:
  3. To feel tenderness or sympathy

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• sympathize

  1. To be in accord; correspond.
  2. To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another:
  3. To feel or express sympathy, esp. in pity or compassion; commiserate

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  1. To be in accord; correspond.
  2. To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another:
  3. To feel or express sympathy, esp. in pity or compassion; commiserate

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• pity

  1. To feel pity.

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  1. To feel pity.

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• feel

  1. To believe; think:
  2. To be aware of; sense:
  3. To have compassion or sympathy:

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  1. To believe; think:
  2. To be aware of; sense:
  3. To have compassion or sympathy:

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• commiserate

  1. To condole or sympathize (with)
  2. To feel or express sorrow or pity for; sympathize with.

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  1. To condole or sympathize (with)
  2. To feel or express sorrow or pity for; sympathize with.

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• ache

  1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
  2. To have or give dull, steady pain
  3. To feel sympathy, pity, etc. (for)

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  1. To suffer a dull, sustained pain.
  2. To have or give dull, steady pain
  3. To feel sympathy, pity, etc. (for)

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