Definition of sympathy

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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..

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Aloof :: Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Republicanism :: Republicanism (n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government..
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain..
Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
Neighbor :: Neighbor (n.) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy..
Consent :: Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4..
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid..
Fellow-feeling :: Fellow-feeling (n.) Sympathy; a like feeling.
Fellowfeel :: Fellowfeel (v. t.) To share through sympathy; to participate in.
Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
Sympathy :: 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..
Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
Associate :: Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions..
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..
Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..
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..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering..
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