Meaning

1 senses
  1. Showing empathy for others, recognizing their feelings.

    showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Do you consider yourself an empathetic person?

  2. Tom was empathetic.

  3. I really like that Tom is empathetic.

  4. I really like how empathetic Tom is.

  5. An empathetic girl can empathize with a friend's feelings.

    deDas empathische Mädchen versteht es, sich in die Gefühle ihres Freundes hineinzuversetzen. — freddy1

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Derived from empathic, modified to sound more similar to sympathetic.

Derived from empathic, modified to sound more similar to sympathetic.

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Forms

more empathetic, most empathetic
Comparativemore empathetic Lesson
Superlativemost empathetic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states:empathic

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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