Sympathize

Word SYMPATHIZE
Character 10
Hyphenation sym pa thize
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sympathize"

What do we mean by sympathize?

To feel or express compassion, as for another's suffering; commiserate. intransitive verb

To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another. intransitive verb

To be in accord; correspond. intransitive verb

To have or exhibit sympathy; be affected as a result of the affection of some one or something else.

To feel in consequence of what another feels; be affected by feelings similar to those of another, commonly in consequence of knowing the other to be thus affected.

To be affected sympathetically; respond sympathetically to external influences of any kind.

To agree; flt; harmonize.

To express sympathy; condole.

To be of like nature or disposition; resemble.

To have sympathy for; share in; participate in.

To form with suitable adaptation; contrive with congruity or consistency of parts; match in all the concomitants of; harmonize in all the parts of.

Also spelled sympathise.

To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. intransitive verb

To feel in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected. intransitive verb

To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. intransitive verb

To experience together. transitive verb

To ansew to; to correspond to. transitive verb

To show deep sympathy towards someone or something. verb

To feel or express sympathy or compassion verb

Share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of verb

To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.

To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).

To say in an expression of sympathy.

To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

To share (a feeling or experience).

To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sympathize

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The word "sympathize" in example sentences

It takes a native to sympathize, which is why I go. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1990)

In this world, to understand and to sympathize is to be saddened. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Here Will is supposed to be the everyman, the character with whom we should sympathize, which is quite a bit to rest on his slim, bookish shoulders. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The judges were not there to 'sympathize' they were they to interpret the LAW. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It says it can "sympathize" with the attempt to "decimate" Hamas and "wrest Gaza from its grip," despite much expert commentary that this would do more harm than good in the long run (especially since Hamas did win a democratic election). ❋ Unknown (2009)

You know, don't torch me on this one, but I kind of sympathize with the baker. ❋ Jen (2009)

Outgoing National Police Commissioner Frank Short, a salty Australian expat, has publicly rebuked Rabuka for appearing to "sympathize" with the rebels. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Demons, hearing this word, thought it meant dayadhvam, meaning "sympathize" or "be compassionate"; in the Oriental context demons were not evil spirits but deities of the old matriarchal religion, who preached karuna, mother-love. ❋ Jan (2008)

His character just _will_ not shut up through the entire course of the movie, but you kind of sympathize with the motormouth response to everything going on around him. ❋ Unknown (2006)

His consigliare, Alberto Gonzales, has trotted out the old red-baiting notion of a fifth column, a movement of citizens who "sympathize" with the enemy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Do you kind of sympathize with what happened to the Dixie Chicks? ❋ Unknown (2006)

He felt obliged to construct a mechanical plot, to surcharge his characters, to moralize openly and baldly; he permitted himself to "sympathize" with certain of his people, and to point out others for the abhorrence of his readers. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

An 'I set down, and there we both set, neither uv us sayin' a word, but both settin 'there, lovin' each other an 'sympathize' as hard as we could, for that is the way with men. ❋ Eugene Field (1872)

Then-CIA chief Porter Goss, here in 2005, did "sympathize" with the motives in destroying the tapes, an official says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Asthma Patients Get Scant Response to Problems with New Inhalers Government agencies "sympathize" but offer little more than that.

He has nothing to apologize nor to 'sympathize' for. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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