lose - allow to go out of sight; The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light 7. lose - fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!; The company turned a loss after the first year turn a loss break even - make neither profit nor loss
Melancholy is a state of being sad, gloomy, or even pensive. When there is something weighing on your mind, you can become quiet and withdrawn, preferring to be with your own thoughts in order to make some sense of what is going on.
Pity is less engaged than empathy, sympathy, or compassion, amounting to little more than a conscious acknowledgement of the plight of its object. Sympathy (âfellow feelingâ, âcommunity of feelingâ) is a feeling of care and concern for someone, often someone close, accompanied by a wish to see him better off or happier. Compared to pity, sympathy implies a greater sense of shared similarities together with a more profound personal engagement.