From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pity \Pit"y\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii. 13.
2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, adjective Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey [syn: {sorry}, {sorry for(p)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "pitying": bleeding, charitable, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, forbearant, gentle, human, humane, lenient, melting, merciful, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warmhearted
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