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sympathetic

/ˌsɪm.pəˈθɛt.ɪk/adjective4 syllables

Sympathetic means: expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward.

Synonyms for sympathetic20

adjective, as in expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward

commiserative, condolent, empathic, empathetic, compassionate, congenial, kind

adjective, as in showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

charitable, benevolent, kindly, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted, kind

adjective, as in (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

appealing, likeable, likable

adjective, as in relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body

harmonic, harmonious

adjective, as in having similar disposition and tastes

similar

also used for sympathetic

approving

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Opposites of sympathetic

unsympathetic

What does sympathetic mean?6

adjective

1

expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward“sympathetic to the students' cause”

2

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity“was charitable in his opinions of others”

3

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings“the sympathetic characters in the play”

4

relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body“sympathetic vibration”

5

having similar disposition and tastes“with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion”

6

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system“sympathetic neurons”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sympathetic?18

three syllables

geneticmagneticathleticpatheticaestheticsyntheticcosmeticpoetickineticprostheticpropheticphonetic

four syllables

energeticdiabeticarithmeticanesthetic

five syllables

apologetic

6 syllables

electromagnetic
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Sympathetic in a sentence

  • She seems to be sympathetic, but it's all an act.AlanF_US
  • The girl, like her parents, was very sympathetic.mookeee
  • The girl and her parents were very sympathetic.CK
  • A good doctor is sympathetic to his patients.CM
  • Sami was trying to be a little bit more sympathetic.OsoHombre
  • To seem sympathetic to Germans, you just need to affect modesty.rul
  • To seem sympathetic to Germans, you just need to feign modesty.rul
  • Yanni lent a sympathetic ear to Skura's complaints.Amastan

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