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pitying

['pɪtɪɪŋ]

прил.

выражающий (или) испытывающий жалость, сожаление; жалостливый

Examples from texts

On this occasion, when he recovered from his exaltation, he would probably suspect Muishkin of pitying him, and feel insulted.
В настоящем положении своем, старик мог опомниться, не в меру устыдиться, заподозрить князя в безмерном сострадании к нему, оскорбиться.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

Ransoming him or pitying, threatening the other.
С тех выкуп требует, а тем грозит.
Scott, Walter / YvanhoeСкотт, Вальтер / Айвенго
Айвенго
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература ", 1962
Yvanhoe
Scott, Walter

Kate had drooped her head over the flowers, but she looked up at him now with frank, pitying eyes.
Кэт уткнулась лицом в цветы; потом подняла голову и поглядела на Эзру открытым, исполненным сочувствия взглядом.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Firm Of GirdlestoneКонан Дойль, Артур / Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Торговый Дом Гердлстон
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Firm Of Girdlestone
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1889 by John W. Lowell

She felt wounded and was crying, and she felt that the trees and the stars and even the bats were pitying her, and that the clock struck musically only to express its sympathy with her.
Она чувствовала себя обиженной и плакала, и ей казалось, что и деревья, и звезды, и летучие мыши жалеют ее; и часы пробили мелодично только для того, чтобы посочувствовать ей.
Чехов, А.П. / КнягиняChekhov, A. / The princess
The princess
Chekhov, A.
© 1999 by Random House, Inc.
Княгиня
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

But when I saw him fall, if I could have spared one thought from pitying of my master, it had been to exult in that deliverance."
Но когда этот человек упал, я, если бы мог думать о чем-нибудь, кроме жалости к моему хозяину, порадовался бы нашему избавлению.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / The Master of BallantraeСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Владетель Баллантрэ.
Владетель Баллантрэ.
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
The Master of Ballantrae
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation

Shatov glanced compassionately at the simple youth again, but suddenly gave a gesture of despair as though he thought "they are not worth pitying."
Шатов еще раз сожалительно вскинул глазами на простачка, но вдруг махнул рукой, как бы подумав: "стоит жалеть-то".
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

He gave me a pitying look.
Он посмотрел на меня с сожалением.
Wodehouse, P.G. / Jeeves in the offingВудхаус, П. Г. / На помощь, Дживс!
На помощь, Дживс!
Вудхаус, П. Г.
© Издательство «Остожье», 1999
© ГП ИПФ «Ставрополье», 1999
Jeeves in the offing
Wodehouse, P.G.
© 1960 by P.G.Wodehouse, renewed 1988 by Edward Stephen Cazalet, next of kin of deceased author

Varenika only raised her eyebrows a little, with an expression of pity, and went on gazing in front of her as calmly as before.
Варенька чуть-чуть подняла на мгновение брови с выражением сожаления и точно так же спокойно продолжала смотреть прямо.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ЮностьTolstoy, Leo / Youth
Youth
Tolstoy, Leo
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Юность
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Правда", 1987

He is no one to waste your pity on."
– Не стоит он вашей жалости.
Simak, Clifford D. / The Fellowship of the TalismanСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Братство Талисмана
Братство Талисмана
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
© Перевод. К. Королев, 2005
The Fellowship of the Talisman
Simak, Clifford D.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak

I don't want anyone to pity me!
Чтоб и жалел кто-нибудь меня, и того не хочу!
Достоевский, Фёдор / ПодростокDostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw Youth
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979

She loved her husband with a queer mixture of pity and contempt born of his failings and his goodness.
Любовь к мужу у нее слагалась из странного сочетания жалости в презрения, которые равно вызывали в ней и его беспомощность, и его благородство.
Steinbeck, John / Cup of GoldСтейнбек, Джон / Золотая чаша
Золотая чаша
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
Cup of Gold
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1929
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1957

A terrible sense of pity moved him; he felt capable of murder for the release of that gentle tormented creature. He could see him walking into the muddy pond. . .
Его терзало мучительное чувство жалости; он понимал, что способен убить, чтобы выручить этого доброго затравленного человека.
Greene, Henry Graham / The Ministry of FearГрин, Генри Грэм / Ведомство страха
Ведомство страха
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Издательство "Мастацкая литература", 1984
The Ministry of Fear
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1943 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1973

It was far better than having to feel his pity.
Уж лучше это, чем быть объектом его жалости.
Westerfeld, Scott / Touching DarknessВестерфельд, Скотт / Прикосновение Тьмы
Прикосновение Тьмы
Вестерфельд, Скотт
© 2004 by Alloy Entertainment and Scott David Westerfield
© Перевод.Е. Секисова, 2006
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Touching Darkness
Westerfeld, Scott
© 2004 by Alloy Entertainment and Scott David Westerfield

Susan said it was a pity they had eaten the sandwiches so soon.
Сьюзен пожалела, что бутерброды съели так скоро.
Lewis, Clive S. / Prince CaspianЛьюис, Клайв С. / Принц Каспиан
Принц Каспиан
Льюис, Клайв С.
© 1956 C. S. Lewis, "The Narnia Chronicles"
© Перевод Ольги Бухиной
Prince Caspian
Lewis, Clive S.
© 1956 C. S. Lewis, "The Narnia Chronicles"

It was more horrifying to see the shock in her eyes than it was to witness the hundreds of ridiculous things I saw each and every day at work; the way she looked at me with that pure, unadulterated pity triggered something inside me.
И сейчас видеть шок в ее ясных глазах было ужаснее, чем день за днем замечать смехотворность моей работы; она смотрела на меня с такой искренней жалостью, что что-то во мне не выдержало и сломалось.
Weisberger, Lauren / Devil Wears PradaВайсбергер, Лорен / Дьявол носит "Prada"
Дьявол носит "Prada"
Вайсбергер, Лорен
© Lauren Weisberger, 2002
© 2006 Fox "Devil Wears Prada" TM © All Rights Reserved
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Devil Wears Prada
Weisberger, Lauren
© 2003 by Lauren Weisberger

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pitying

'pɪtɪɪŋAdjectiveвыражающий испытывающий жалость; сожаление; жалостливыйExamples

Their tears pierced the hearts of their pitying neighbors. — Их слёзы пронзали сердца их жалостливых соседей.

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Collocations

out of pity

из жалости

take pity on smb

сжалиться над

it is a pity

досадно

take pity

жалеть

it is a pity

жаль

it is a pity

обидно

have pity

помилосердствовать

move to pity

разжалобить

stir the pity

разжалобить

be moved to pity

разжалобиться

take pity / compassion

сжалиться

take pity / compassion

смилостивиться

insusceptible to pity

не знающий жалости

pang of pity

прилив жалости

what a pity

как жаль

Word forms

pity

verb

Basic forms
Past	pitied
Imperative	pity
Present Participle (Participle I)	pitying
Past Participle (Participle II)	pitied

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pity	we pity
you pity	you pity
he/she/it pities	they pity

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pitying	we are pitying
you are pitying	you are pitying
he/she/it is pitying	they are pitying

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pitied	we have pitied
you have pitied	you have pitied
he/she/it has pitied	they have pitied

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pitying	we have been pitying
you have been pitying	you have been pitying
he/she/it has been pitying	they have been pitying

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pitied	we pitied
you pitied	you pitied
he/she/it pitied	they pitied

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pitying	we were pitying
you were pitying	you were pitying
he/she/it was pitying	they were pitying

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pitied	we had pitied
you had pitied	you had pitied
he/she/it had pitied	they had pitied

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pitying	we had been pitying
you had been pitying	you had been pitying
he/she/it had been pitying	they had been pitying

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pity	we shall/will pity
you will pity	you will pity
he/she/it will pity	they will pity

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pitying	we shall/will be pitying
you will be pitying	you will be pitying
he/she/it will be pitying	they will be pitying

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pitied	we shall/will have pitied
you will have pitied	you will have pitied
he/she/it will have pitied	they will have pitied

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pitying	we shall/will have been pitying
you will have been pitying	you will have been pitying
he/she/it will have been pitying	they will have been pitying

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pity	we should/would pity
you would pity	you would pity
he/she/it would pity	they would pity

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pitying	we should/would be pitying
you would be pitying	you would be pitying
he/she/it would be pitying	they would be pitying

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pitied	we should/would have pitied
you would have pitied	you would have pitied
he/she/it would have pitied	they would have pitied

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been pitying	we should/would have been pitying
you would have been pitying	you would have been pitying
he/she/it would have been pitying	they would have been pitying

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pitied	we are pitied
you are pitied	you are pitied
he/she/it is pitied	they are pitied

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pitied	we are being pitied
you are being pitied	you are being pitied
he/she/it is being pitied	they are being pitied

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pitied	we have been pitied
you have been pitied	you have been pitied
he/she/it has been pitied	they have been pitied

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pitied	we were pitied
you were pitied	you were pitied
he/she/it was pitied	they were pitied

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pitied	we were being pitied
you were being pitied	you were being pitied
he/she/it was being pitied	they were being pitied

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pitied	we had been pitied
you had been pitied	you had been pitied
he/she/it had been pitied	they had been pitied

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pitied	we shall/will be pitied
you will be pitied	you will be pitied
he/she/it will be pitied	they will be pitied

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pitied	we shall/will have been pitied
you will have been pitied	you will have been pitied
he/she/it will have been pitied	they will have been pitied

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pitying

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pity

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