Meanings
- idiomaticThat's a pity.
You can't come to the party? Too bad.
1 more example
Foxtrot B I L LA MENDE IT'S TOO BAD " PAIGE " DOESN'T RHYME WITH " GODZILLA . ' There once was a girl named Paige ... who was frequently filled with rage ....One day she decided to be more peaceful and quiet ...Now no one ever says, Paige, act your age...
1997 August 28, Bill Amend, Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on Your Nose (Foxtrot Collection), Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28Synonyms: pity, shame, that's a pity, that's a shame, that's too bad, what a pity, what a shame
- idiomaticsarcasticA mocking expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset.
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseThat's a pity.
phraseIt is sad that.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedeserving regret
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Shortening of "That is too bad" or "It is too bad that..."
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian жа́лко
- жа́лко (žálko)that's a pity
Catalan llàstima
- llàstimathat's a pity
Chinese Mandarin 太可惜了, 真遺憾 /真遗憾
- 太可惜了 (tài kěxī le)that's a pity
- 真遺憾 /真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn)that's a pity
- 太可惜了 (tài kěxī le)it is sad that
- 真遺憾 /真遗憾 (zhēn yíhàn)it is sad that
- 活該 /活该 (huógāi)mocking expression
Czech škoda!
- škoda!that's a pity
Dutch wat jammer, jammer
- wat jammerthat's a pity
- jammerthat's a pity
Finnish ikävää, harmillista
- ikävääthat's a pity
- harmillistathat's a pity
- harmiit is sad that
- sepä harmiit is sad that
- sepä harmimocking expression
French tant pis, dommage
- tant pisthat's a pity
- dommagethat's a pity
- quel dommagethat's a pity
- dommage queit is sad that
German schade
- schadethat's a pity
Greek κρίμα
- κρίμα (kríma)that's a pity
Hebrew חֲבָל
- חֲבָל (ẖavál)that's a pity
Hungarian kár
- kárthat's a pity
Irish is mór an trua
- is mór an truathat's a pity
Italian peccato
- peccatothat's a pity
Japanese 残念です
- 残念です (zan'nendesu)that's a pity
Malay kasihannya!
- kasihannya!that's a pity
Polish jaka szkoda, szkoda że
- jaka szkodathat's a pity
- szkoda żeit is sad that
Portuguese que pena, que pena que
- que penathat's a pity
- que pena queit is sad that
Romanian păcat
- păcatthat's a pity
Russian как жа́лко, жаль
- как жа́лко (kak žálko)that's a pity
- жаль (žalʹ)that's a pity
- к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju)it is sad that
Spanish que lástima, ni modo
- que lástimathat's a pity
- ni modothat's a pity
- qué malthat's a pity
Thai น่าเสียดาย, น่าสงสาร
- น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai)that's a pity
- น่าสงสาร (nâa-sǒng-sǎan)that's a pity
Turkish yazık
- yazıkthat's a pity
Ukrainian шкода, жаль
- шкода (škoda)that's a pity
- жаль (žalʹ)that's a pity
Vietnamese đáng tiếc
- đáng tiếcthat's a pity
Welsh hen dro, bechod
- hen drothat's a pity
- bechodthat's a pity
Cite this entry
too bad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20bad
“too bad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20bad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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