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sym·pa·thize
 sympathize
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- pronunciation:
- sIm
p
thaIz
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
sympathizes, sympathizing, sympathized |
| definition 1: |
When you sympathize, you feel or express your sadness at or understanding of the pain or trouble that another person feels.
All his friends sympathized with Mr. Jones when his wife died.- similar words:
- pity
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| definition 2: |
When you sympathize with something that affects another person, you deeply understand how that thing feels. It's as if you can share that person's feelings.
I sympathized with Omar's feeling lonely because I was lonely too when I first came to this school.- synonyms:
- understand
- similar words:
- appreciate, pity
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| derivations: |
sympathizingly (adv.), sympathizer (n.) |
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