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1. (n.) sympathy
harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
2. sympathy
the harmony of feeling existing between persons of like tastes or opinion or of congenial dispositions.
3. sympathy
the ability to share the feelings of another, esp. in sorrow or trouble; compassion; commiseration.
4. sympathy
sympathies,
5. sympathy
feelings or impulses of compassion or support.
6. sympathy
favorable or approving accord; favor or approval.
7. sympathy
agreement, consonance, or accord.
8. sympathy
Physiol. the relation between parts or organs whereby a condition or disorder of one part induces some effect in another.
9. (adj.) sympathy
acting out of or expressing sympathy:
a sympathy vote.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L sympathīa < Gk sympátheia=sympathe-, s. of sympathēs sympathetic (sym-sym - +-pathēs, adj. der. of páthos suffering, sensation) +-ia -y3)
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| Definition of 'sympathy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sympathy, understanding
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
"his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
2. (noun) sympathy, fellow feeling
sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
3. (noun) sympathy
a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
"the two of them were in close sympathy"
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1. (noun) sympathy
understanding and sorrow for sb's problems
She felt great sympathy for the victim's family.; I have no sympathy for him.
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| Definition of 'sympathy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sympathy
feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling
2. (noun) sympathy
an agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them
3. (noun) sympathy
kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion
4. (noun) sympathy
the reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain
5. (noun) sympathy
that relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria
6. (noun) sympathy
a tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron
7. (noun) sympathy
similarity of function, use office, or the like
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| Definitions of 'sympathy' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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sympathy
1. A malady that sometimes afflicts the rich.
2. The lees of the wine-cup offered to another.
3. An impulse toward ourselves through the heart of another.
4. Whatever may be extended to another that does not take the shape of money.
5. The sum of all virtues.
6. The first attribute of love as well as its last. (I am not sure but that sympathy is love's own self, vitalized mayhap by some divine actinic ray. Only the souls who have suffered are well loved.)
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Sense: a feeling of pity or sorrow for a person in trouble
When her husband died, she received many letters of sympathy.
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 Afrikaans: simpatie |
 Arabic: عَطْف |
 Bulgarian: съчувствие |
 Brazilian: pêsames |
 Czech: soustrast |
 German: die Anteilnahme |
 Danish: sympati; medfølelse |
 Greek: συμπόνια, οίκτος |
 Spanish: compasión, lástima |
 Estonian: kaastunne |
 Farsi: دلسوزي |
 Finnish: osanotto |
 French: sympathie |
 Hebrew: הִשתַתפוּת בְּצַעַר |
 Hindi: सहानुभूति |
 Croatian: sućut |
 Hungarian: részvét |
 Indonesian: simpati |
 Icelandic: samúð |
 Italian: comprensione condoglianze |
 Japanese: 同情 |
 Korean: 동정, 연민 |
 Lithuanian: užuojauta |
 Latvian: līdzjūtība |
 Malay: simpati |
 Dutch: medeleven |
 Norwegian: medfølelse, deltakelse, s |
 Polish: współczucie |
 Persian: دلسوزي |
 Pashto: زړه سوی |
 Portuguese: pêsames |
 Romanian: compasiune |
 Russian: сочувствие, сострадание |
 Slovak: sústrasť |
 Slovenian: sočustvovanje |
 Serbian: saosećanje |
 Swedish: medkänsla, medlidande |
 Thai: ความเห็นใจ |
 Turkish: sempati, duygularını payl |
 Taiwanese: 同情 |
 Ukrainian: співчуття, жалість |
 Urdu: ہمدردی |
 Vietnamese: sự đồng cảm, sự thương cả |
 Chinese: 同情 |
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