Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take pity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: take pi-ty
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To show compassion (towards).

Example Sentences

"Someone please take pity on that homeless man in the rain and give him a place to stay overnight."

Inflected Forms

takes pity (present, singular) taking pity (participle, present) took pity (past) taken pity (participle, past)

Questions

What does take pity mean?: To show compassion (towards).

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