feel sorry for

English

Verb

feel sorry for (third-person singular simple present feels sorry for, present participle feeling sorry for, simple past and past participle felt sorry for)

To pity; to show pity for.
- 2011, Rachel Platten (lyrics and music), “Overwhelmed”, in Be Here‎:
  I am down, down, down / I feel so sorry for myself / I get down, down, down / And I need somebody's help

Translations

show pity for

Cherokee: ᎦᏙᎵᎦ (gadoliga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 憐憫／怜悯 (zh) (liánmǐn), 可憐／可怜 (zh) (kělián), 同情 (zh) (tóngqíng)
Finnish: sääliä (fi)
German: bemitleiden (de), leidtun (de) (subject is the person felt sorry for; indirect object is the person feeling sorry)
Latin: misereor
Portuguese: sentir pena de, amercear
Swedish: tycka synd om (sv)

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