| kindness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. kindness | the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic. |
| ~ generosity, generousness | the trait of being willing to give your money or time. |
| ~ benevolence | an inclination to do kind or charitable acts. |
| ~ loving-kindness | tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection. |
| ~ considerateness, thoughtfulness, consideration | kind and considerate regard for others.; "he showed no consideration for her feelings" |
| ~ good, goodness | moral excellence or admirableness.; "there is much good to be found in people" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. forgivingness, kindness | tendency to be kind and forgiving. |
| ~ mercifulness, mercy | a disposition to be kind and forgiving.; "in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband" |
| n. (act) | 3. benignity, kindness | a kind act. |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ benefaction, benevolence | an act intending or showing kindness and good will. |
| ~ cupboard love | a show of affection motivated by selfishness. |
| ~ favor, favour | an act of gracious kindness. |
| ~ pardon, forgiveness | the act of excusing a mistake or offense. |
| ~ endearment | the act of showing affection. |
| ~ thoughtfulness, consideration | a considerate and thoughtful act. |
| merciful | | |
| adj. | 1. merciful | showing or giving mercy.; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" |
| ~ clement | (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy.; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence" |
| ~ compassionate | showing or having compassion.; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" |
| ~ soft | compassionate and kind; conciliatory.; "he was soft on his children" |
| ~ humane | marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering. |
| ~ kind | having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior.; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" |
| adj. | 2. merciful | (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious.; "our merciful king" |
| ~ gracious | characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor" |
| pitiful | | |
| adj. | 1. pathetic, pitiable, pitiful | inspiring mixed contempt and pity.; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" |
| ~ contemptible | deserving of contempt or scorn. |
| adj. | 2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry | bad; unfortunate.; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| adj. | 3. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | deserving or inciting pity.; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| stagnate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. stagnate | stand still.; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. stagnate | cause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ stagnate | cease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" |
| v. (stative) | 3. stagnate | cease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ stagnate | cause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" |
| v. (social) | 4. idle, laze, slug, stagnate | be idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
| ~ moon around, moon on, moon | be idle in a listless or dreamy way. |
| ~ ride the bench, warm the bench | be out of the game.; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" |
| ~ moon, daydream | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" |
| ~ arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, bum, loll | be lazy or idle.; "Her son is just bumming around all day" |
| ~ lie about, lie around | hang around idly.; "She did all the work while he lay around" |
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