Word Meanings - SYMPATHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling. They saw, but other sight instead -- a crowd Of ugly serpents!

Additional info about word: SYMPATHY

1. Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling. They saw, but other sight instead -- a crowd Of ugly serpents! Horror on them fell, And horrid sympathy. Milton. 2. An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them. 3. Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion. I value myself upon sympathy, I hate and despise myself for envy. Kames. The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain. 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. 5. A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron. 6. Similarity of function, use office, or the like. The adverb has most sympathy with the verb. Earle. Syn. -- Pity; fellow-feeling; compassion; commiseration; tenderness; condolence; agreement. -- Sympathy, Commiseration. Sympathy is literally a fellow-feeling with others in their varied conditions of joy or of grief. This term, however, is now more commonly applied to a fellow-feeling with others under affliction, and then coincides very nearly with commiseration. In this case it is commonly followed by for; as, to feel sympathy for a friend when we see him distressed. The verb sympathize is followed by with; as, to sympathize with a friend in his distresses or enjoyments. "Every man would be a distinct species to himself, were there no sympathy among individuals." South. See Pity. Fault, Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought Commiseration. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SYMPATHY)

• Affinity
• Relationship
• relation
• kindred
• conformity
• connection
• alliance
• similarity
• analogy
• homogeneity
• harmony
• correlativeness
• sympathy
• interdependence
• interconnection
• intercommunity
• Community
• Aggregation
• association
• commonwealth
• co-ordination
• society
• order
• class
• brotherhood
• fraternity
• polity
• unity
• nationality
• Compassion
• Pity
• condolence
• tenderness
• fellow-feeling
• commiseration
• pardon
• Concern
• Interest
• regard
• anxiety
• matter
• affair
• institution
• solicitude
• moment
• regret
• sorrow
• Mercy
• compassion
• ruth

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SYMPATHY)

• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Welcome
• hail
• approve
• abandon
• abjure
• forget

Related words: (words related to SYMPATHY)

• MERCY
  mercedis, hire, pay, reward, LL., equiv. to misericordia pity, mercy. L. merces is probmerere to deserve, acquire. See Merit, and cf. 1. Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• COMMISERATION
  The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• PARDON
  A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses. Syn. -- Forgiveness; remission.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• ASSOCIATION
  1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• ASSOCIATIONIST
  One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
• HOMOGENEITY
  See HOMOGENEOUSNESS
• TENDERNESS
  The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
• DISLIKE
  1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
• FORGETTINGLY
  By forgetting.
• GRAMERCY
  A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.
• DALLIANCE
  1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• REALLIANCE
  A renewed alliance.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• UNCONCERNMENT
  The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.