| sympathy | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. 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" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. fellow feeling, sympathy | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ concern | a feeling of sympathy for someone or something.; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" |
| ~ kind-heartedness, kindheartedness | sympathy arising from a kind heart. |
| ~ compassion, compassionateness | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. |
| ~ commiseration, pity, pathos, ruth | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others.; "the blind are too often objects of pity" |
| ~ compatibility | a feeling of sympathetic understanding. |
| ~ empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. sympathy | a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.; "the two of them were in close sympathy" |
| ~ kinship, affinity | a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" |
| ~ mutual affection, mutual understanding | sympathy of each person for the other. |
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