Sympathy

Noun

 * 1) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
 * 2) The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy.
 * 3) A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
 * 4) * 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
 * 'Sympathy' likened anything to anything else in universal attraction, e.g. the fate of men to the course of the planets.

Derived terms

 * sympathectomy
 * sympathetic
 * sympathise

Adjectives for Sympathy
vivacious;  fatherly;   imperfect;   awful; silent; active; understanding; filial; instinctive; unspoken; poetic; trivial; genuine; noble; mock; wholehearted; extensive; delighted; tender; vivid; rebel; secret; loving; intelligent; consoling; utter; spiritual; glorious; passionate; nameless; inexplicable; irrepressible; frightened; reverent; fervent; mysterious; intense; mystic; irresistible; inborn; jeering; natural; impotent; mental infinite; effusive; unconscious; energetic; fanciful; fervid; spasmodic; boundless; divided; middle; conditional; placid; ar¬dent; morbid; painful; presumed; healing; patient; cordial; magnetic; imaginative; practical; flaunted; respective; apparent; generous; prudent; subtle; spontaneous; warm; instantaneous; tentative; majestic; sincere; emotional; elaborate; profound; fraternal; unwelcome; synthetic; affection¬ate; peculiar; sobbing; loving; indissoluble; young; sweet; deferential; intelligent; kind¬ly; passionate; adaptable; demonstrative; impersonal; gentle; radical; frank; solemn; universal; fearful.

Verbs for Sympathy
afford—; alienate—s; arouse—; attract—; bestow—; desire—; elicit—; engage—; enlist—; evince—; exercise—; extend—; exude —; feign—; flare up in—; gain—; lack—; limit—; pledge—; reject—; shut off from—; spare—; steel against—; stir—; suppress—; whip up—; win—; woo—; —binds; —consoles ; —cools; —eases; —lashes together; —moves; —tempers; —touches; —twinges; —unites.

Thesaurus
abetment, accord, accordance, addition, adduction, adjunct, advocacy, aegis, affairs, affectionateness, affections, affective faculty, affectivity, affiliation, affinity, agape, agreement, aid and comfort, allergy, alliance, allurement, amity, an in, anaphylaxis, approximation, assemblage, association, assurance, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, auspices, backing, balm, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, bent, bias, blending, bond, bonds of harmony, brotherhood, brotherly love, camaraderie, capillarity, capillary attraction, care, caring, caritas, cement of friendship, centripetal force, championship, charity, chiming, chord, clemency, closeness, combination, comfort, commiseration, communion, community, community of interests, compassion, compatibility, concern, concord, concordance, condolement, condolence, congeniality, connectedness, connection, considerateness, consolation, consonant, contiguity, contrariety, correspondence, countenance, dealings, deduction, delicacy, disjunction, drag, draw, easement, echo, emotional life, emotions, empathy, encouragement, esprit, esprit de corps, exquisiteness, fancy, fascination, favor, favorable regard, feeling, feeling of identity, feeling of kinship, feeling tone, feelings, fellow feeling, fellowship, filiation, fineness, finer feelings, forbearance, forgiveness, fosterage, fraternal feeling, frictionlessness, friendly relations, good graces, good terms, good understanding, good vibes, good vibrations, goodness, goodness of heart, goodwill, grace, graciousness, gravitation, gravity, guidance, happy family, harmonic, harmony, heart, heart of gold, homology, humaneness, humanity, hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitivity, identification, identity, inclination, intercourse, interest, intimacy, involvement, irritability, junction, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness, kinship, leaning, leniency, liaison, like-mindedness, link, linkage, linking, love, loving kindness, magnetism, mercy, mitigation, musical, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, mutual regard, mutuality, nearness, nervousness, niceness, oneness, oversensibility, oversensitiveness, overtenderness, pardon, partiality, passibility, passions, pathos, patronage, peace, penchant, perceptiveness, perceptivity, photophobia, pity, predilection, preference, prickliness, proclivity, propensity, propinquity, proximity, pull, pulling power, quarter, rapport, rapprochement, reassurance, reciprocity, regard, relatedness, relating, relation, relations, relationship, relief, reprieve, respect, response, responsiveness, rue, ruth, seconding, self-pity, sensibilities, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitization, sentiments, sharing, sharing of grief, shred of comfort, similarity, softheartedness, solace, solacement, solicitousness, solidarity, soothing words, soreness, soul of kindness, sponsorship, supersensitivity, support, susceptibilities, sympathetic chord, sympathetic response, sympathies, symphonic, symphonious, symphony, tact, tactfulness, team spirit, tender susceptibilities, tenderheartedness, tenderness, tetchiness, thin skin, ticklishness, tie, tie-in, touchiness, traction, tug, turn, tutelage, understanding, union, unison, unity, vibes, vibrations, warmheartedness, warmth, warmth of heart

Etymology
From sympathie: from  sympathia: from  συμπάθεια: from σύν: + πάθος:.

Translations

 * Arabic: تعاطف, عطف,  حنو
 * Catalan: compassió
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,  condoléance
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: אהדה, אהדה


 * Hungarian: együttérzés, részvét,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: сочувствие (first "в" is silent), сострадание
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: sempati


 * Albanian:
 * Catalan: empatia
 * Esperanto: simpatio
 * Finnish: myötäeläminen, empatia
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: együttérzés
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 共感,, 交感
 * Russian: сочувствие
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: simpatia
 * French:


 * German:
 * Russian:


 * : medelijden
 * : 동정 (dongjeong)
 * : 동정 (dongjeong)


 * : compaixão, simpatia , afinidade
 * : compasión
 * : medkänsla
 * : సానుభూతి (saanubhooti)