資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pitying \Pit"y*ing\, a.
   Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. --
   {Pit"y*ing*ly}, adv.

Pity \Pit"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pitying}.]
   1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to
      compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings
      toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering.

            Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
            pitieth them that fear him.           --Ps. ciii.
                                                  13.

   2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]

            It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of
                                                  Com. Prayer.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pitying
     adj : feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer
           threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish
           without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"-
           Thomas De Quincey [syn: {sorry}, {sorry for(p)}]