sympathy
/ˈsɪmpəθi/
noun
- The feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a difficult or sad situation; compassion.
- She expressed her sympathy by sending a card after his grandmother died.
- The community showed great sympathy for the family of the missing child.
- I have a lot of sympathy for people who lose their homes in a disaster.
- Agreement with or support for someone's opinions, feelings, or actions.
- He has little sympathy for the politician's views on taxes.
- The workers went on strike, and many customers were in sympathy with them.
- Her speech won the sympathy of the audience.
- A relationship between people or things in which they are affected by each other's feelings or actions.
- The artist felt a deep sympathy with the natural world.
- The two countries have a sympathy of interests that keeps them allied.
- There is a natural sympathy between the two sisters; they always know what the other is thinking.
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