sympathizeverb [ I ]
UK usually sympathise uk/ˈsɪm.pə.θaɪz/us/ˈsɪm.pə.θaɪz/sympathize verb [ I ] (UNDERSTAND)
C2 to understand and care about someone's problems:
I know what it's like to have migraines, so I really sympathize (with you).
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Sympathy & compassion
- a good listener idiom
- a shoulder to cry on idiom
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- cloud
- feel for sb
- fellow feeling
- go out to sb
- hard luck! idiom
- hard/tough cheese! idiom
- pity
- poor
- relate
- relate to sb
- sad
- sensitive
- shoulder
- solace
- understanding
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Empathy and sensitivity
sympathize verb [ I ] (SUPPORT)
to support and agree with someone or something:
I sympathize with the general aims of the organization, but on this particular issue I disagree.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathy
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