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(adjective) expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" |
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Antonyms: unsympathetic |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" |
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Synonyms: appealing, likable, likeable |
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Antonyms: unsympathetic |
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(adjective) (physiology; anatomy) or or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation" |
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(satellite adjective) having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion" |
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Synonyms: compatible |
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(satellite adjective) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration" |
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Synonyms: harmonic |
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(satellite adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words" |
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Synonyms: charitable, kindly |
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