'Pitying' definitions:

Definition of 'Pitying'

From: GCIDE
  • Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a. Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pitying'

From: GCIDE
  • Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying.]
  • 1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering. [1913 Webster]
  • Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]

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