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Definition of Sympathise
1. Verb. Share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of.
Generic synonyms: Experience, Feel
Derivative terms: Sympathiser, Sympathy, Sympathizer, Sympathy
2. Verb. To feel or express sympathy or compassion. "Sam and Sue sympathise"
Generic synonyms: Compassionate, Condole With, Feel For, Pity, Sympathize With
Specialized synonyms: Condole
Derivative terms: Commiseration, Commiseration, Commiserative, Sympathiser, Sympathy, Sympathizer, Sympathy
3. Verb. Be understanding of. ; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
Derivative terms: Empathy, Empathy, Sympathy, Sympathy, Understandable, Understanding
Definition of Sympathise
1. Verb. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of sympathize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sympathise
1. [v -THISED, -THISING, -THISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sympathise
Literary usage of Sympathise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley (1857)
"We learn to sympathise with his very failings; they are but too natural, and
place Paracelsus more upon a level with ordinary humanity. ..."
2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... or pleasure, we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest.
Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, ..."
3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive
emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, or pleasure, ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"... hope our English friends will sympathise with us in the movement, and help us
to start the paper for the benefit of our ..."
5. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley (1857)
"We learn to sympathise with his very failings; they are but too natural, and
place Paracelsus more upon a level with ordinary humanity. ..."
6. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... or pleasure, we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest.
Our retributive emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, ..."
7. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... we sympathise, and in whose welfare we take a kindly interest. Our retributive
emotions are, of course, always reactions against pain, or pleasure, ..."
8. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"... hope our English friends will sympathise with us in the movement, and help us
to start the paper for the benefit of our ..."
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