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Definition of sympathy

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Sympathy (n.) That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria..

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Condolence :: Condolence (n.) Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

Condole :: Condole (v. i.) To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

Aloof :: Aloof (adv.) Without sympathy; unfavorably.

Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..

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..

Sympetalous :: Sympathy (n.) Similarity of function, use office, or the like..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case..

Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.

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..

Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful..

Fraternize :: Fraternize (v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.

Somnipathy :: Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like..

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

Fellow-feeling :: Fellow-feeling (n.) Sympathy; a like feeling.

Associable :: Associable (a.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc..

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..

Commune :: Commune (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

Genial :: Genial (a.) Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition..

Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..