Sympathetic
Word | SYMPATHETIC |
Character | 11 |
Hyphenation | sym pa thet ic |
Pronunciations | /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Sympathetic"
What do we mean by sympathetic?
Of, expressing, feeling, or resulting from sympathy. adjective
Favorably inclined. adjective
Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial. adjective
Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system. adjective
Relating to or being vibrations, especially musical tones, produced in one body by energy from a nearby vibrating body and having the same frequency as the vibration of the nearby body. adjective
Emitting such vibrations. adjective
Pertaining to, expressive of, proceeding from, or exhibiting sympathy, in any sense; attended with sympathy.
Having sympathy or common feeling with another; susceptible of being affected by feelings like those of another, or of altruistic feelings which arise as a consequence of what another feels.
Harmonious; concordant; congenial.
In anatomy and zoology, effecting a sympathy or consentaneous affection of the viscera and blood-vessels; uniting viscera and blood-vessels in a nervous action common to them all; inhibitory of or controlling the vital activities of viscera and blood-vessels, which are thereby subjected to a common nervous influence; specifically, of or pertaining to a special set of nerves or nervous system called the sympathetic. See below.
In acoustics, noting sounds induced not by a direct vibration-producing force, but by vibrations conveyed through the air or other medium from a body already in vibration. The phenomena of resonance are properly examples of sympathetic sound.
Of four pairs of cranial ganglia;
Of three great gangliated plexuses or sympathetic plexuses, in the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities respectively;
Of smaller ganglia in connection with the abdominal and other viscera;
Of communicating nerves or commissures, whereby these ganglia or plexuses are connected with one another and with nerves of the cerebrospinal system;
Of distributory nerves supplying the viscera and vessels, whereby the sympathetic reaches all parts of the body. See ganglion and plexus.
In invertebrates, as Vermes, a posterior part of the visceral nervous system, passing on to the enteric tube, and corresponding to a true enteric nervous system: so called in view of its physiological relations, without reference to the actual homology implied with the sympathetic system of a vertebrate.
The sympathetic nervous system, or the sympathetic nerve. noun
One who is peculiarly susceptible, as to hypnotic or mesmeric influences; a sensitive. noun
Of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy
Relating to similarity
Relating to the sympathetic nervous system
Relating to sounds induced by vibrations conveyed through a fluid or gas from a body already in vibration.
Of magic, a supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Sympathetic
- Synonyms for sympathetic
- Christly Synonyms
- Christlike Synonyms
- Agreeable Synonyms
- Affinitive Synonyms
- Akin Synonyms
- Antonyms for sympathetic
- Unsympathetic Antonyms
- Unsympathetic Antonyms
- Unappealing Antonyms
- Unlikable Antonyms
- Unlikeable Antonyms
The word "sympathetic" in example sentences
Cross Reference for Sympathetic
What does sympathetic mean?
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