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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel sorry for; spare |
| Synonyms: | ache*, be sorry for, be sympathetic, bleed for, comfort, commiserate, condole, console, feel for, feel with, forgive, give quarter, grant amnesty, grieve with, have compassion, have mercy on, identify with, lament with, pardon, put out of one's misery, relent, reprieve, show forgiveness, show sympathy, solace, soothe, sympathize, take pity on, understand, weep for |
| Antonyms: | disdain, scorn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feel sorry for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel compassion for |
| Synonyms: | bleed for, comfort, commiserate, condole with, console, empathize with, express sympathy, feel for, grieve with, have mercy on, lament for, open one's heart, pity, sympathize, sympathize with |
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| Concept: | Pity. |
| Category: | 2. Special Sympathetic Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-verbs
pity; have pity, show pity, take pity; commiserate, compassionate; condole; sympathize; feel for, be sorry for, yearn for; weep, melt, thaw, enter into the feelings of., forbear, relent, relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis, give a coup de grace, put out of one's misery., raise pity, excite pity; touch, soften; melt, melt the heart; propitiate, disarm., ask for mercy; supplicate (request); cry for quarter, beg one's life, kneel; deprecate.
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| Antonyms: | pitilessness |
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