sympathetic
adjective
[ sɪmpəˈθɛtɪk ]
• feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy.
• "she was sympathetic towards staff with family problems"
Similar:
commiserating,
commiserative,
pitying,
condoling,
consoling,
comforting,
supportive,
encouraging,
compassionate,
caring,
concerned,
solicitous,
empathetic,
considerate,
kindly,
kind,
kind-hearted,
soft-hearted,
tender-hearted,
warm,
warm-hearted,
understanding,
sensitive,
• (of a person) attracting the liking of others.
• "Hubbell is a more sympathetic character"
• relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves.
• relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises in response to a similar action elsewhere.
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘relating to an affinity or paranormal influence’, as in sympathetic magic): from sympathy, on the pattern of pathetic .
