Definition of sympathy

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Sympathy (n.) 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..

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Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) 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..
Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..
Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
Impassible :: Impassible (a.) Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation..
Associate :: Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions..
Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful..
Consent :: Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4..
Commune :: Commune (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
Dissympathy :: Dissympathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.
Dryly :: Dryly (adv.) In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.
Italianism :: Italianism (n.) Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy..
Condole :: Condole (v. i.) To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
Fellowfeel :: Fellowfeel (v. t.) To share through sympathy; to participate in.
Consensual :: Consensual (v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions..
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid..
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart..
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