Sympathy Meaning and Definition


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Sympathy meaning

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


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