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 Definitions of compassionate  [əmˈpæʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'compassionate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) compassionate
having or showing compassion; sympathetic:
a compassionate letter.

2.  compassionate
granted in an emergency:
compassionate military leave to attend a funeral.

3. (v.t.) compassionate
to have compassion for; pity.

Etymology:  (1580–90)

Definition of 'compassionate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) compassionate
showing or having compassion
"heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

2. (verb) feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with
share the suffering of


Definition of 'compassionate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) compassionate
having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful

2. (adj) compassionate
complaining; inviting pity; pitiable

3. (verb) compassionate
to have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with


Translation of 'compassionate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: sorrow or pity for the sufferings of another person.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: barmhartig, medelydend Arabic flag Arabic: شَفيق، مُشْفِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: съчуствен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: compassivo Czech flag Czech: soucitný German flag German: mitleidsvoll
Danish flag Danish: medfølende Greek flag Greek: συμπονετικός Spanish flag Spanish: compasivo
Estonian flag Estonian: kaastundlik Farsi flag Farsi: دلسوز؛ ترحم آمیز Finnish flag Finnish: myötätuntoinen
French flag French: compatissant Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַחֲמָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: करुणामय
Croatian flag Croatian: sućutan, samilostan, saža Hungarian flag Hungarian: könyörületes Indonesian flag Indonesian: kasihan, iba
Icelandic flag Icelandic: samúðarfullur Italian flag Italian: compassionevole Japanese flag Japanese: あわれみ深い
Korean flag Korean: 인정많은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gailestingas Latvian flag Latvian: līdzjūtīgs
Malay flag Malay: perasaan belas kasihan Dutch flag Dutch: medelevend Norwegian flag Norwegian: medfølende, medlidende, b
Polish flag Polish: litościwy Persian flag Persian: دلسوز؛ ترحم آمیز Pashto flag Pashto: زړه سوز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: compassivo Romanian flag Romanian: plin de com­­pasiune Russian flag Russian: сострадательный
Slovak flag Slovak: súcitný Slovenian flag Slovenian: sočuten Serbian flag Serbian: saosećajnost
Swedish flag Swedish: medlidsam, barmhärtig Thai flag Thai: ที่รู้สึกเห็นใจ Turkish flag Turkish: merhametli,şefkatli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有同情心的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жалісливий; співчутливий Urdu flag Urdu: رحم دل ، ترس کھانے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: động lòng thương Chinese flag Chinese: 有同情心的

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