sympathy
noun
[ ˈsɪmpəθi ]
• feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
• "they had great sympathy for the flood victims"
Similar:
commiseration,
pity,
condolence,
consolation,
comfort,
solace,
support,
encouragement,
compassion,
caring,
concern,
solicitude,
solicitousness,
empathy,
consideration,
kindness,
kind-heartedness,
tender-heartedness,
tenderness,
warmth,
warm-heartedness,
• understanding between people; common feeling.
• "the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all"
Similar:
rapport,
fellow feeling,
affinity,
empathy,
harmony,
accord,
compatibility,
closeness,
friendship,
fellowship,
togetherness,
camaraderie,
communion,
• the state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an action elsewhere.
• "the magnetic field oscillates in sympathy"
Origin:
late 16th century (in sympathy (sense 3)): via Latin from Greek sumpatheia, from sumpathēs, from sun- ‘with’ + pathos ‘feeling’.
