compassionate
Having, feeling or showing compassionHaving, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
» Tom is a very compassionate person.
Том дуже співчутлива людина.
Meaning
3 sensesHaving, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
mitfühlend, teilnahmsvoll, anteilnehmend
сострада́ющийsostradájuščij, сочу́вствующийsočúvstvujuščij
showing or having compassion
Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
aus familiären Gründen, barmherzig
(obsolete)Inviting or asking for pity.
erbarmungswürdig, erbarmenswert, Mitleid erregend
Examples
43 sentencesTom is a very compassionate person.
Том дуже співчутлива людина.
I think that Tom is compassionate.
I know Tom is a very compassionate person.
I know that Tom is a very compassionate person.
Tom didn't seem to be as compassionate as Mary seemed to be.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participlePseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“to feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.
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Forms
more compassionate, most compassionate| Comparative | more compassionate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most compassionate Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form