pity

Noun

• the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

• an unfortunate development
  • it's a pity he couldn't do it
    

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
  • the blind are too often objects of pity
    

Verb

• share the suffering of

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  compassion , shame , commiseration , ruth , pathos , feel for , compassionate , condole with , sympathize with