sympathy
Meaning
- (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- (countable, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- (countable, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- (countable, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- (countable, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
Synonyms
mutual understanding
friendly relations
hit it off with
human heart
misericorde
tacit understanding
find a kindred spirit in
divine response
same opinion
same feeling
agreement with
human spirit
friendly feelings
sympathesis
Luyana
being propitious
avocation
Translations
sympathie
Sympathie
simpatía
medelijdenFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɪm.pəθ.i/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathīa (“feeling in common”), from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sŭmpắtheiă, “fellow feeling”), from σῠμπᾰθής (sŭmpăthḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-y”, nominal suffix). Equivalent to sym- (“acting or considered together”) + -pathy (“feeling”). Displaced native Old English efnþrōwung (equivalent to even-throeing; literally, “co-suffering”).
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