Reverse Dictionary: PITY

ADJECTIVES
► AWMUS pitiable, sad, wretched → 1802 Sc.
► DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable → 20C Amer. sl.
► DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable → 20C Amer. sl.
► ERNEFUL ► ERNFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy → 1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
► IMMISERABLE not to be pitied → 1623 obs.
► LUGUBRE expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1727 obs.
► LUGUBRIOUS expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1601
► LUGUBROUS expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable → 1632 obs.
► MISERATED pitied, commiserated → 1903 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► NACE pitiable, destitute, in great and abject want → 1795 Sc.
► NEBBISHY eccentric; insignificant; pitiful → 1985 sl.
► NESH tender, mild, gentle, kind; inclined to pity, mercy, or other tender feelings → c897 obs.
► RUTHFUL full of compassion or pity; compassionate; merciful → c1225 arch.
► SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful → 1825 Sc.
► SAIRIE ► SAIRY ► SARRY in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry → 1721 Sc.
► SHAN pitiful, silly → E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SIMPLE poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal → a1300 obs.

ADVERBS
► RUTHFULLY in a pitiable or lamentable fashion; piteously, dolefully, dismally; ruefully → c1225

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALAS-AT-EVER! an exclamation of pity → 1703 Eng. dial. obs.
► AY-DI-ME! an exclamation of regret or pity → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► DELP! an exclamation used to express pity; God help! → 19C Eng. dial.
► ECH! an exclamation expressive of pity, surprise, or disgust → 1833 Sc.

NOUNS
► BOWELS feeling of pity or compassion → 1981 Aust. colloq., arch. (Bk.)
► HARM pity; a pity → c1430 obs.
► OBJECT a pitiable or ridiculous thing → 1824 sl.
► ORE grace, favour, mercy, pity, clemency → a1000 obs.
► RUTH a being compassionate; a feeling of sorrow for another; compassion, pity → a1200 arch.
► RUTHFULNESS compassion, pity → 1674
► SIN a pity; a shame → c1300, now chiefly Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CHITTY-FACE a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow → 1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► IMMISERABLE one whom nobody pities → 19C obs.
► OBJECT a pitiable or ridiculous person → 1824 sl.
► PILGARLIC a pitiable person → 16C Eng. dial.
► POOR HEART a pitiable person → 1599 obs.
► SACK a pitiable, downtrodden person → 1956 US sl.
► SAD APPLE a pitiable person → 1962 sl.
► TAG-RAG a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond → 1609
► WALAWAY an object of contempt or pity → 1827 Sc. obs.

VERBS
► BE A RIGHT OLD MISERY to be a depressing person; to act in a self-pitying manner → L19 sl.
► GAGGER to tell the tale, to move to pity → 1932 UK sl.
► MEAN to pity, to condole with → 1747 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAKE PITYSAKE ON to have mercy on, to take pity on → 1952 Amer. dial.
► WALLY► WELLEY to pity → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► YEARN to feel pity or compassion; to cause to feel pity → 1785 Eng. dial.