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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Fellow-feeling :: Fellow-feeling (n.) Sympathy; a like feeling.
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..
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.
Neighbor :: Neighbor (n.) One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Italianism :: Italianism (n.) Attachment to, or sympathy for, Italy..
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..
Republicanism :: Republicanism (n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government..
Pity :: Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering..
Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..
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..
Communion :: Communion (n.) Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints..
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..
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering..
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..
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain..
Aloof :: Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Fraternize :: Fraternize (v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.
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..
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..
Associable :: Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc..
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