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Synonyms for pitying

Verb

1. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with, grieve, sorrow
usage: share the suffering of

Adjective

1. pitying, sorry, sorry for(predicate), compassionate (vs. uncompassionate)
usage: 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
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