pitying
adjectiveHow many syllables in pitying?
There are 3 syllables in the word pitying.How to pronounce pitying:
Definition of pitying:
- pitying (adjective):
- expressing or feeling pity
- kind or lenient in one's attitude towards others
Synonyms for pitying:
affable
altruistic
amicable
attentive
beneficent
benevolent
benign
benignant
brotherly
charitable
clement
companionable
compassionate
considerate
cordial
forbearing
forgiving
friendly
generous
genial
gentle
good-hearted
good-natured
good-tempered
gracious
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Antonyms for pitying:
cruel
hard
hard-hearted
hardhearted
harsh
hateful
inhumane
intolerant
limiting
mean
merciless
pitiless
restrictive
rigid
rigorous
severe
stern
strict
stringent
uncompassionate
unfeeling
unforgiving
ungiving
unkind
unmerciful
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- overripe
- insolent
- designate
- abutting
- pompously
- seasonal
- complaisant
- surfeiting
- venerates
- allaying
- misconceive
- assistants
- shininess
- canalize
- expended
- pacify
- heavily
- distrustful
- submerging
- edemic
- pitiable
- disembark
- cleverer
- unprompted
- antedate
- dishearten
- jabbering
- excitement
- competed
- cheekily
- correspond
- impressing
- succinctness
- resolute
- expatiate
- disobey
- charisma
- finicky
- continue
- ecstasy
- conferment
- accomplished
- unwanted
- nebulous
- eleventh
- sluggishly
- tinier
- appeases
- unsurpassed
- relocate
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