medlidenhed — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- rue verb To bitterly regret something, especially a decision or action.
Senses
medlidenhed is used for these senses in English:
- compassion (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
- pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- rue (archaic, or, dialectal) Pity; compassion.
pity — full definition
- noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- noun A regrettable or disappointing fact.
- verb To feel sorrow or sympathy for someone.