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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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..
Consent :: Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4..
Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
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..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them..
Aloof :: Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Fellowfeel :: Fellowfeel (v. t.) To share through sympathy; to participate in.
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
Associate :: Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions..
Dissympathy :: Dissympathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.
Neighbor :: Neighbor (n.) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) The capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain; sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the plural..
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..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron..
Condolence :: Condolence (n.) Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering..
Associable :: Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..
Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..
Unsympathy :: Unsympathy (n.) Absence or lack of sympathy.
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