Word: Sympathy
How to pronounce: ˈsɪmpəθɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
Example sentences: "They had great sympathy for the flood victims"
2. Understanding between people; common feeling.
Example sentences: "The special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all"
3. The state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an action elsewhere.
Example sentences: "The magnetic field oscillates in sympathy"
Synonyms:
empathy
condolence
commiseration
compassion
feeling
understanding
pity
affection
heart
kindness
mercy
ruth
Antonyms:
dislike
aversion
Derivations:
sympathizing
sympathising
sympathetic
sympathized
sympathizer
sympathiser
sympathise
sympathetically
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Sympathy in Other Languages...
Spanish: Condolencia
German: Sympathie
French: Sympathie
Italian: Simpatia
Turkish: Sempati
