Feel
Feel verb - To have a vague awareness of.
Pity
Pity verb - To have sympathy for.
Usage example: I always pity the people who have to work in this freezing weather
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| better | better feel | better pity |
| similar | similar feel | similar pity |
| genuine | genuine feel | genuine pity |
| definite | definite feel | definite pity |
| Other adjectives: little, less. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of slaying her, Riggnarok begins to feel the inklings of pity, and, well, the road gets lonely...
Source: Terminator Twosome -
Rowling, is obsessed with Voldemort despite his complete inability to feel love, compassion or even pity for another being.
Source: Monster Fangirl - We're meant to feel sorry for him for losing his status as a well-respected archangel and the mortal woman he loved, as well as pity him for lacking the ability to feel things.
Source: Unintentionally Unsympathetic
Cite this Source
Pity and Feel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/feel/pity
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