verb
present participle of the verb 'pity', which means to feel sorry for someone or something
adjective
feeling or showing pity; sympathetic
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She looked at him with a pitying expression, knowing he had been through a lot.
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I could see my friend's pitying gaze as I told her about my embarrassing moment.
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The group of girls were whispering and giving me pitying looks after I tripped in the hallway.
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The old house stood in the field, its windows pitying the passing of time.