sympathy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
3. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
4. (countable, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
5. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
6. (countable, uncountable) Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
7. (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
8. (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
9. (countable, uncountable) An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.

Synonyms

compassion

pity

empathy

mercy

commiseration

condolence

kindness

understanding

liking

fellow feeling

comfort

love

❤️

affinity

affection

consolation

fellow-feeling

forgiveness

attraction

grace

agreement

mourning

pathos

rapport

human nature

tenderness

alignment

charity

concord

warmth

fondness

tuning

sorrow

resonance

rue

condolement

mutual understanding

consideration

leaning

humanity

accord

solace

mercifulness

concurrence

concern

avocation

attention

graciousness

goodwill

clemency

attendance

Translations

sympathie

Sympathie

compassion

Mitgefühl

simpatía

Mitleid

medelijden

compaixão

compasión

compassione

simpatia

simpatia

pitié

compassió

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”).