Translations for „pitying“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

pitying [-ɪŋ] ADJ

pitying

сострада́тельный

pitying (deridingly)

жале́ющий

I . pity [ˈpɪtɪ, Am ˈpɪt̬-] N no pl

1. pity (compassion):

pity

сострада́ние nt

in pity

в знак сочу́вствия

to feel pity for sb/sth

кому́-ли́бо жаль кого́-ли́бо/что-ли́бо

to feel pity for sb/sth

испы́тывать к кому́-ли́бо чу́вство жа́лости

to take pity on sb/sth

сжа́литься над кем-ли́бо/чем-ли́бо

for pity's sake

умоля́ю вас

2. pity (crying shame, unfortunate matter):

(it's a) pity

жаль

more's the pity

к сожале́нию

what a pity

как жа́лко

II . pity <-ies, -ied> [ˈpɪtɪ, Am ˈpɪt̬-] VB trans

pity

жале́ть

self-pity N no pl

self-pity

самосожале́ние nt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If pushed too hard there is the danger of the witnesses becoming strident, pathetic, self pitying.

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I get it all the time --the seemingly innocent queries, perplexed, pitying looks, and left-handed compliments.

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He often tries to organize the male students in class, though his cunning often fails and the girls wind up pitying him instead.

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Pitying him a lot as a child, but also being aware that many of the things he did were unforgivable.

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Other unhelpful responses included inadequate or overly forceful restraint by the parent; shaming, threatening, yelling, slapping, lying; or, alternately, pitying, placating, bribing, and helpless parent behaviors.

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And the pitying stares from family members year after year during the holidays?

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Then they would give me a pitying look and emit a snorty laugh.

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She originally believed he was simply using her, but later suspects he was pitying her.

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It heads off a lot of the pitying "cancer face" looks.

thestir.cafemom.com

He spent years enjoying pitying his single friends, and somehow, he's now 30 and single.

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