pity
/ˈpɪti/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
pi - ty -> pity
၁။ [U] ~ (for sb/sth) သနားခြင်း။ ကရုဏာ။ အသနား။ be full of pity for the starving animals ❍ be moved to pity by sb's suffering ❍ I have/feel very little pity for convicted murderers. ❍ Have pity on (ie Have some sympathy for) the people who have to go out in this dreadful weather! ❍ I took pity on the beggar and gave him some money.
၂။ [sing] ~ (that…) ဝမ်းနည်းစရာ။ စိတ်မကောင်းစရာ။ နှမြောစရာ။ It's a (great) pity the weather isn't better for our outing today. ❍ What a pity (that) you can't come with us tonight. ❍ It seems a pity to waste this food. ❍ (infml ) This dress is really nice. Pity it's so expensive.
v (pt, pp pitied ) သနားသည်။ Pity the poor sailors at sea in this storm! ❍ His widow is much to be pitied.
❏ for pity's sake [IDM ] (အောင့်အည်းသည်းခံခြင်းငှာ မတတ်နိုင်သည့် သဘောကို ဖော်ပြသောစကား)။ …ဆိုနေမှ။ တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်…။ For pity's sake, please help us!
❏ more's the pity [IDM ] (infml ) ဝမ်းနည်းစရာပါပဲ။ ‘Was the bicycle insured?’ ‘No, more's the pity!’ See also PITEOUS, PITIABLE, PITIFUL, PITILESS
❏ pitying adj (အထင်အမြင်သေးမှုနှင့်မကင်းတတ်ဘဲ) ကရုဏာ သက်သော။ He received only pitying looks/smiles from his audience.
❏ pityingly adv သနားကြင်နာစွာ (သို့) အထင်သေး အမြင်သေး သည့် ပုံစံမျိုးဖြင့်။
- She looked at him with a mixture of pity and disgust.
- There was pity in her voice.
- [feel pity for someone] : She felt pity for all the children living in such terrible conditions.
- [an object of pity] : In the past poor people were seen as objects of pity.
- [show (no) pity] : The judge showed no pity in her treatment of the youngsters.
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