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Sympathetic   /sˌɪmpəθˈɛtɪk/   Listen
Sympathetic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system.  "Sympathetic stimulation"
2.
Expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward.  "A sympathetic observer" , "A sympathetic gesture"  Antonym: unsympathetic.
3.
Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity.  Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted.  "Kindly criticism" , "A kindly act" , "Sympathetic words" , "A large-hearted mentor"
4.
(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.  Synonyms: appealing, likable, likeable.  Antonym: unsympathetic.
5.
Having similar disposition and tastes.
6.
Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body.  Synonym: harmonic.



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"Sympathetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... are paid," said Sadako primly. Her pose was no longer cordial and sympathetic. She set herself up as mentor to this young savage, who did not know the usages of ...
— Kimono • John Paris

... opportunity offered, I returned to the same theme. Mona was sympathetic in her own charming way, but apparently not affected in the manner I was looking for. And still, "I love you, I love you," was repeated in her ears a thousand times. The fact that she did not understand the words made ...
— Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World • James Cowan

... the irritation exists in the lungs or air passages, or secondary when caused by irritation of the stomach, intestines, or other parts having nervous communications with the respiratory apparatus. A cough is said to be dry, moist, harsh, hollow, difficult, paroxysmal, suppressed, sympathetic, etc., according to its character. It is a very important symptom, often being diagnostic in diseases of the respiratory organs, but this is a subject, however, which can be more satisfactorily treated in connection with the special diseases of ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... comes from the death of dear ones, or some great cross well borne, you need not forget. But think of these things as sent to enrich your nature, and to make you more human and sympathetic. You are missing them if you permit yourself instead ...
— The Heart of the New Thought • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... a much more select class of company. I was a party to the very earliest attempts at breaking ground in this alarming revolution. Well do I remember the astonishment of some waiters, the indignation of others, the sympathetic uproars which spread to the bar, to the kitchen, and even to the stables, at the first opening of our extravagant demands. Sometimes even the landlady thought the case worthy of her interference, and came forward to remonstrate with us upon our unheard-of conduct. But gradually ...
— Autobiographic Sketches • Thomas de Quincey


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