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adjective(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelingsOpposite:
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adjectiverelating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
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adjectiveshowing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
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adjectiveexpressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
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adjectivehaving similar disposition and tastes
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adjectiveof or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
Examples of sympathetic
- "the sympathetic characters in the play"
- "sympathetic vibration"
- "sympathetic words"
- "sympathetic to the students' cause"
- "a sympathetic observer"
- "a sympathetic gesture"
- "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
- "sympathetic neurons"
- "sympathetic stimulation"