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Noun
/ˈsimpəTHē/,
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Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune,
  1. Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
    • - they had great sympathy for the flood victims
  2. Formal expression of such feelings; condolences
    • - all Tony's friends joined in sending their sympathies to his widow Jean
  3. Understanding between people; common feeling
    • - the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all
  4. Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions
    • - his sympathies lay with his constituents
  5. Agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude
    • - I have some sympathy for this view
  6. Relating harmoniously to something else; in keeping
    • - repairs had to be in sympathy with the original structure
  7. The state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an action elsewhere
    • - the magnetic field oscillates in sympathy

  1. 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. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
  3. a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"
  4. (sympathize) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
  5. (sympathize) be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
  6. (sympathize) commiserate: to feel or express sympathy or compassion
  7. Sympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. Also known as empathic concern, it is the feeling of compassion or concern for another, the wish to see them better off or happier. ...
  8. Sympathy is a technical death metal band from Canada, formed in 1991. Sympathy got some notable attention in the Benelux, Germany and Switzerland as those are the countries where their previous label Fear Dark is usually marketing its bands. The band is known for its professional musicianship. ...
  9. sympathy is Hitomi Takahashi's first album to be released under gr8! records, a division of Sony Records. The album was released on March 1, 2006, and three singles preceded it.
  10. Sympathy was the fifth album by John Miles released in 1980. The album is in fact an U.S version of More Miles Per Hour with three tracks of the album ("Bad Blood", "Satisfied" and "Oh Dear") replaced by two new tracks and an alternative version of "(Don't Give me Your) Sympathy" renamed as " ...
  11. "Sympathy" is the title of a song by the Goo Goo Dolls. The song was the last single released from their album Gutterflower. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the film A Cinderella Story. It was edited to about 2:48 for the soundtrack.
  12. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion; The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy; A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition
  13. A program that helps compile crosswords - a faster and more effective equivalent of the traditional pencil and paper. See the Sympathy pages for further information.
  14. on the other hand, is a feeling of sorrow associated specifically with the suffering or need of another. These are examples of fellow-feeling, and they require a certain degree of equality in situation or circumstances.
  15. 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. ...
  16. the harmonious feeling or congenial opinion shared by persons who are well disposed toward each other; a connective consonance, compassion, or commiseration ... ...
  17. The ability to feel sorry for another, whether a person or animal. An aspect of compassion. Not to be confused with empathy (see above).
  18. An agreement of the worth of the feelings, ideas and tastes of the other.
  19. means "a feeling for or a capacity for sharing in the distress of another" (Webster's Dictionary). Again here, you want to emphasize on the act of compassion which is the heart of the matter here. Notice, healing is not the central issue here.
  20. People often see potential for romantic relationships in fiction and project the relationship they wish they could have upon them, or similarly identify with a certain character (often, but not always, of the same gender) and hope this character gets with who they deem would be the most ...