pities
Shows compassion toward
Pities is the third-person singular form of pity—to feel sorrow or sympathy for someone's misfortune.
She pities anyone who has to work in that environment.
The word often carries condescension: to say someone pities you implies they see you as inferior or pathetic.
He pities the fool who crosses him.
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- concernTroubled interest in something
- caringShowing kind concern
tenderness · understanding · solicitude · warmth · kindness · benevolence · gentleness · humaneness
Intense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- consolationComfort during distress
solace · mourning · lamentation · condolence · eulogy · funeral · memorial · tribute
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
looking down · dismissiveness · sneering · belittling · condescending · haughtiness · arrogance · smugness
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
self-reproach · compunction · ruefulness · repentance · atonement · confession · apology · mea culpa
sympathy
Compassionate understanding of others
- empathySharing another's emotions
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- concernTroubled interest in something
caring · tenderness · understanding · solicitude · warmth · kindness · benevolence · gentleness · humaneness · soft-heartedness
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
consolation · solace · mourning · lamentation · condolence · eulogy · funeral · memorial · tribute · remembrance
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
patronizing · looking down · dismissiveness · sneering · belittling · condescending · haughtiness · arrogance · smugness · tsk-tsk
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
penitence · self-reproach · compunction · ruefulness · repentance · atonement · confession · apology · mea culpa · chagrin
pitiful, pitiless, pitied, pitiable, pitilessness, pitiably, pitifulness, pitier