Definition of sympathy

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Sympathy (n.) A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron..

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Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..
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..
Consent :: Consent (n.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron..
Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..
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..
Dryly :: Dryly (adv.) In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.
Dissympathy :: Dissympathy (n.) Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference.
Unsympathy :: Unsympathy (n.) Absence or lack of sympathy.
Extend :: Extend (v. t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering..
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..
Sympathetic :: Sympathetic (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.
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..
Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..
Consensual :: Consensual (v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions..
Aloof :: Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Mediaevalist :: Mediaevalist (n.) One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages..
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..
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