Pitied is the past tense of pity, meaning to feel sympathy for someone or to have shown sympathy toward them. It conveys a sense of compassion expressed in action or attitude, often with a tone that can range from mild sympathy to condescension depending on context. The pronunciation is a single word with two syllables, stress on the first: /ˈpɪt.iːd/ in many varieties, and the meaning remains the same in all usages.
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