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sympathy

/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/

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What does sympathy mean?

noun

  1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
  2. The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
  3. The ability to share the feelings of another.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
  2. Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
  3. Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
  4. An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
  5. Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
  6. Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/

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Terry, at his worst, in a black fury for which, as a man, I must have some sympathy, preferred the ant simile.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
She wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus humanise and make her capable of sympathy.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet LetterProject Gutenberg ebook #33
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The sweet tones of her voice, and the softness of her reply, impressed on the audience a sentiment of pity and sympathy.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
There was, it is true, underneath, a back current of sympathy through which a woman of the world might have conquered him.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
I own I spoke to her with all that I could summon back of the sympathy and confidence of the bygone time.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155