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PITIFULNESS Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word pitifulness. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word pitifulness. (close relations)

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compassion
nounn
noun

• a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

• the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

dejection
nounn
noun

• a state of melancholy depression

• solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

desolation
nounn
noun

• the state of being decayed or destroyed

• a bleak and desolate atmosphere

• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

• an event that results in total destruction

distress
nounn
noun

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

verb

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

empathy
nounn
noun

• understanding and entering into another's feelings

heartbreak
nounn
noun

• intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

miserableness
nounn
noun

• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

mournfulness
nounn
noun

• a state of gloomy sorrow

pathos
nounn
noun

• a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

• a style that has the power to evoke feelings

sadness
nounn
noun

• emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

• the state of being sad

• the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

sorrow
nounn
noun

• an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

• sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

• something that causes great unhappiness

• the state of being sad

verb

• feel grief

sympathy
nounn
noun

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

• a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

woefulness
nounn
noun

• intense mournfulness

wretchedness
nounn
noun

• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

• the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

• the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

lamentableness
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piteousness
nounn
noun

• The condition of being piteous

Alternatives for COMPASSION

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