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. Herman Melville:

   We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

2. Mark Brophy:

   I really only found it odd that she would consider [Anonymous] an insurgency, i didn't know that she was particularly sympathetic or unsympathetic to them, only that she thought they were something of the wave of the future, which I thought was a bit peculiar.

3. Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman:

   If this company sees fit to hire individuals who basically either ascribe to, belong to or [are] sympathetic with terrorist organizations, we’re going to have to take some action on a city level.

4. Cynthia Ackrill:

   The mechanism of stress is that we get worked up over something so our sympathetic nervous system revs everything up. We need our heart pumping fast to keep our blood pressure up so that we've got good circulation and we can get away from the danger.

5. Health Minister Sussan Ley:

   The Australian government is incredibly sympathetic to the suffering of those Australians with debilitating illnesses and we want to enable access to the most effective medical treatments available.

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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