sympathise

Verb

Meaning

to feel or express sympathy or compassion

be understanding of

share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

understand sympathize empathize commiserate empathise console realize sympathetic comfort pity compassionate sympathy condole feel for sympathize with
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Antonyms

miss mistake confuse disdain scorn misunderstand
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Hypernyms

experience feel pity compassionate feel for sympathize with

Hyponyms

condole

Anagrams

metaphysis sympathies

Examples

You don't need to explain--I understand! Source: Internet

A 10 Downing Street spokesman said: “We sympathise with all of those caught up in this extremely difficult situation. Source: Internet

Apparently they seriously thought they would be able, at the last minute before the elections, to create confusion in the ranks of those electors who sincerely sympathise with the Treaty between England and the Soviet Union. Source: Internet

Barker-Benfield, 9. The emotional excess associated with sensibility also theoretically produced an ethic of compassion: those with sensibility could easily sympathise with people in pain. Source: Internet

As a funeral director, our role is to sympathise and support families, as well as to communicate what the public health guidelines mean in practical terms. Source: Internet

“As the mayor I sympathise with our residents who were affected by these floods and we are doing all we can so that such floods will not affect them again,” he added. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sympathicotonic sympathicovagal sympathin sympathiser sympathisingly sympathism