"what a pity" meaning in English

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  1. Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information. Synonyms: what a shame Translations (used to express regret): يَا خَسَارَة (yā ḵasāra) (Arabic), يَا لَلْأَسَف (yā la-l-ʔasaf) (Arabic), ափսոս (apʻsos) (Armenian), які́ жаль (jakí žalʹ) (Belarusian), жа́лко (žálko) (Bulgarian), за жа́лост (za žálost) (Bulgarian), уви́ (uví) (Bulgarian), quina llàstima (Catalan), 真遺憾 (Chinese Mandarin), 真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 真倒霉 (zhēn dǎoméi) (Chinese Mandarin), to je škoda (Czech), det er synd (Danish), wat jammer (Dutch), domaĝe (Esperanto), kahju (Estonian), sääli (Finnish), ikävää (Finnish), harmi (Finnish), voi harmi (Finnish), harmin paikka (Finnish), quel dommage (French), dommage (French), que mágoa (Galician), რა სამწუხაროა (ra samc̣uxaroa) (Georgian), das ist aber schade (German), schade (German), wie schade (German), τι κρίμα (ti kríma) (Greek), כמה חבל (kamá khavál) (Hebrew), kár (Hungarian), de kár (Hungarian), milyen kár (Hungarian), peccato (Italian), che peccato! (Italian), 残念 (zannen) (alt: ざんねん) (Japanese), គួរឱ្យអាណិតណាស់ (kuə ʼaoy ʼaanət nah) (Khmer), ke pekado (Ladino), dat is aver schaad [German-Low-German] (Low German), schaad [German-Low-German] (Low German), sayang (Malay), det var synd (Norwegian Bokmål), چه حیف (če heyf) (Persian), حیف شد (heyf šod) (Persian), szkoda (Polish), que pena (Portuguese), ce păcat (Romanian), как жа́ль (kak žálʹ) (Russian), жа́ль (žálʹ) (Russian), кака́я жа́лость (kakája žálostʹ) (Russian), ште̏та [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), štȅta [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), qué lástima (Spanish), qué pena (Spanish), vad synd (Swedish), sayang! (Tagalog), ne yazık (Turkish), яки́й жаль (jakýj žalʹ) (Ukrainian), яка́ шко́да (jaká škóda) (Ukrainian), tiếc quá (Vietnamese), chán thế (Vietnamese), chán nhỉ (Vietnamese), žaali (Votic)
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          "roman": "apʻsos",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zhēn yíhàn",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zhēn dǎoméi",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "word": "domaĝe"
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "ikävää"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "harmi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "voi harmi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "harmin paikka"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "quel dommage"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "que mágoa"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ra samc̣uxaroa",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "რა სამწუხაროა"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "das ist aber schade"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "schade"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "wie schade"
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          "roman": "ti kríma",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kamá khavál",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "כמה חבל"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "kár"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "de kár"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "milyen kár"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "peccato"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "che peccato!"
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          "alt": "ざんねん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zannen",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "残念"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kuə ʼaoy ʼaanət nah",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "គួរឱ្យអាណិតណាស់"
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          "code": "lad",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "ke pekado"
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          "code": "nds-de",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "word": "dat is aver schaad"
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          "code": "nds-de",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "چه حیف"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "heyf šod",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "roman": "kak žálʹ",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "roman": "žálʹ",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "kakája žálostʹ",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "roman": "jakýj žalʹ",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "jaká škóda",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "яка́ шко́да"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "tiếc quá"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "used to express regret",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
          "word": "chán nhỉ"
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          "code": "vot",
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          "sense": "used to express regret",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What a pity you can't attend our party tonight.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ],
        [
          "disappointment",
          "disappointment"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "what a shame"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yā ḵasāra",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "يَا خَسَارَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yā la-l-ʔasaf",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "يَا لَلْأَسَف"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apʻsos",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "ափսոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jakí žalʹ",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "які́ жаль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žálko",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "жа́лко"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "za žálost",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "за жа́лост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uví",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "уви́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "quina llàstima"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "真遺憾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēn yíhàn",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "真遗憾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēn dǎoméi",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "真倒霉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "to je škoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "det er synd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "wat jammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "domaĝe"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "kahju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "sääli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "ikävää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "harmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "voi harmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "harmin paikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "quel dommage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "dommage"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "que mágoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ra samc̣uxaroa",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "რა სამწუხაროა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "das ist aber schade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "schade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "wie schade"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ti kríma",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "τι κρίμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kamá khavál",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "כמה חבל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "kár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "de kár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "milyen kár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "peccato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "che peccato!"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ざんねん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zannen",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "残念"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kuə ʼaoy ʼaanət nah",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "គួរឱ្យអាណិតណាស់"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "ke pekado"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "dat is aver schaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "schaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "sayang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "det var synd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "če heyf",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "چه حیف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "heyf šod",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "حیف شد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "szkoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "que pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "ce păcat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak žálʹ",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "как жа́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žálʹ",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "жа́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kakája žálostʹ",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "кака́я жа́лость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ште̏та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "štȅta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "qué lástima"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "qué pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "vad synd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "sayang!"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "ne yazık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jakýj žalʹ",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "яки́й жаль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jaká škóda",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "яка́ шко́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "tiếc quá"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "chán thế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "chán nhỉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vot",
      "lang": "Votic",
      "sense": "used to express regret",
      "word": "žaali"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what a pity"
}

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