sympathy card
A greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regretA greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regret.
» Let's send Tom a sympathy card.
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2 sensesA greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regret.
An attempt to gain sympathy or an advantage in a discussion by portraying oneself as a victim in need of sympathy (used with the verb "play").
- a card expressing sympathy
Examples
2 sentencesLet's send Tom a sympathy card.
Thank you for your sympathy card.
Origin
From sympathy + card.From sympathy + card.
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Forms
plural: sympathy cards| Singular | sympathy card |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.