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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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.
Commune :: Commune (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
Associable :: Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc..
Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
Consent :: Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..
Dryly :: Dryly (adv.) In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid..
Dispathy :: Dispathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.
Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful..
Condolence :: Condolence (n.) Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
Neighbor :: Neighbor (n.) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain..
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..
Fraternize :: Fraternize (v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..
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..
Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..
Associate :: Associate (a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions..
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