Definitions for sympathetic

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sympathetic sym·pa·thet·ic

Spelling: [sim-puh-thet-ik]

IPA: /ˌsɪm pəˈθɛt ɪk/

Sympathetic is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 23 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1066 anagrams from letters in sympathetic (acehimpstty).

Definitions for sympathetic

adjective

1. characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate:
2. acting or affected by, of the nature of, or pertaining to a special affinity or mutual relationship; congenial:
3. looking upon with favor (often followed by to or toward):
4. Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves that arise from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord, and functioning in opposition to the parasympathetic system, as in stimulating heartbeat, dilating the pupil of the eye, etc. Obsolete. pertaining to the autonomic nervous system in its entirety.
5. Physics. noting or pertaining to vibrations, sounds, etc., produced by a body as the direct result of similar vibrations in a different body.

Origin of sympathetic

1635-45; New Latin sympathēticus Greek sympathētikós. See sym-, pathetic

Examples for sympathetic

Goebbels, in fact, would be seen as the leader most sympathetic to the modernists.

sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.

There is no passion in your veins; it is only a sort of sympathetic selfishness.

He says the owner of the house in which he lives has not been sympathetic to him.

Wurmser today is sympathetic to phasing out military aid to Israel, but he said there should be a few exceptions.

Life at both ends was the very school for quick, sympathetic Shakespeare.

In this vast multitude every face was smiling, every heart beat with sympathetic joy.

But she nevertheless declares herself to be sympathetic to the former secretary of state.

Some Bush Administration officials were sympathetic , but told them that under existing law it would be very difficult.

This was Katherine Holroyd, a sympathetic observer and everybody's intimate.