Definitions for sympathetic
ˌsɪm pəˈθɛt ɪksym·pa·thet·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 14 votes

1. sympatheticadjective

   of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system

   "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"

2. sympatheticadjective

   expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward

   "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"

3. charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-heartedadjective

   showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

   "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

4. sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likableadjective

   (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

   "the sympathetic characters in the play"

5. sympatheticadjective

   having similar disposition and tastes

   "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"

6. harmonic, sympatheticadjective

   relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body

   "sympathetic vibration"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sympatheticadjective

   of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy

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1. sympathetic

   Sympathetic generally refers to feelings of compassion, empathy, or concern towards others, often in situations of distress or hardship. It can also refer to characteristics or aspects that are harmonious or compatible with something else. In a physiological context, it relates to the sympathetic nervous system which is part of the automatic nervous system controlling bodily functions like heart rate and digestion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sympatheticadjective

   inclined to sympathy; sympathizing

2. Sympatheticadjective

   produced by, or expressive of, sympathy

3. Sympatheticadjective

   produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy

4. Sympatheticadjective

   of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber

5. Etymology: [See Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.]

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Drama
   • Physiology

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sympathetic' in Adjectives Frequency: #753

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How to pronounce sympathetic?

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How to say sympathetic in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sympathetic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sympathetic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sympathetic in a Sentence

1. Mike Cernovich:

   I call it the new right, the new right-wing movement is a wide group of people committed to free speech, anti-war, trade, it’s sympathetic to whistleblowers. It’s coalescing on a number of issues.

2. Sir Arnold Bax:

   A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.

3. Chuck Wexler:

   The national mood is not sympathetic to the police, i think we'll find balance down the road. We always do. But right now there's trepidation about proactive police work.

4. Michael Schatman:

   About 20 million people in the U.S. have chronic, high-impact pain and are disabled by it, a good proportion of them find that opioids make them more functional and allow them to enjoy a higher quality of life. Government agencies have not been sympathetic to chronic pain patients.

5. Lujan Grisham:

   I do need to talk to him about just some ideas I have about some pilot work for high-poverty states with minority populations that might be a new equity investment, particularly in public health, i'm hoping to get a more than sympathetic ear, but someone who really understands how important it is to deal with states who have equity issues.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sympathetic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sympathetic
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sympathetic
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sympathetic