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Adjective: sympathetic `simpu'thetik- Expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
"sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" - Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
"sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation" - Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
"sympathetic words" - charitable, benevolent, kindly, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
"the sympathetic characters in the play" - appealing, likeable, likable - Having similar disposition and tastes
"with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion" - Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
"sympathetic vibration" - harmonic
See also: commiserative, compassionate, condolent, congenial, empathetic, empathic, harmonious, kind, similar, sympathetic nervous system, sympathetically, sympathy Antonym: unsympathetic Encyclopedia: Sympathetic |