sympathy
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of anotherA feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
» I want to convey my sympathy.
Я хочу висловити своє співчуття.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
(countable, uncountable)The ability to share the feelings of another.
Empathie, Mitgefühl, Einfühlungsvermögen
сочу́вствиеsočúvstvije
(countable, uncountable)Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
(countable, uncountable)Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
Many people in Hollywood were blacklisted merely because they were suspected of Communist sympathies.
(countable, uncountable)An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
(countable, uncountable)Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
(countable, uncountable)Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
Examples
135 sentencesI want to convey my sympathy.
Я хочу висловити своє співчуття. — deniko
I thank you for your sympathy.
Дякую за співчуття. — deniko
I'm not looking for your sympathy.
Я не шукаю вашого співчуття. — deniko
ruЯ не ищу вашего сочувствия. — sharptoothed
Tom has my sympathy.
Я співчуваю Тому. — deniko
ruЯ сочувствую Тому. — marafon
I don't want your sympathy.
Мені не потрібне твоє співчуття. — deniko
ruНе нужно мне ваше сочувствие. — marafon
deIch will dein Mitleid nicht. — BraveSentry
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathīa (“feeling in common”), frBorrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathīa (“feeling in common”), from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sŭmpắtheiă, “fellow feeling”), from σῠμπᾰθής (sŭmpăthḗs, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-y”, nominal suffix). Equivalent to sym- (“acting or considered together”) + -pathy (“feeling”).
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Forms
plural: sympathies| Singular | sympathy |
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Synonyms
14 synonyms- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion:understanding
- sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish):fellow feeling
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable