“pitied” is a form of
pity
/ˈpɪt.i/ noun, verb
Forms pities pitying pitied pity! pittie pitty pitie
- noun (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. “I can't feel any pity towards the gang, who got injured while attempting to break into a flat.”
- noun (uncountable) Feeling of contempt one has for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
- noun (countable, now singular only) Something regrettable. “It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.”
- noun (obsolete, Early Modern) Piety.
- verb (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.”
- verb (transitive) To feel contempt for someone who is hopelessly inferior.
- verb (transitive, now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
Synonyms
mercy ruth bowels commiseration compassion empathy fellow feeling remorse rue sympathy tenderheartedness loving-kindness shame commiserate feel sorry for compassionate condole feel someone's pain mercify take pity pathos feel for condole with sympathize with
Etymology
From Middle English pitye, pitie, pittye, pitee, pite, from Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and piety.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Piety. [Obs.] Wyclif.
- noun A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
- verb 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.
- verb To move to pity; --used impersonally. [Obs.]
Etymology [OE. pite, OF. pité, pitié, F. pitié, L. pietas piety, kindness, pity. See Pious, and cf. Piety.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pity”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details