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sympathetic

Definition

  • adjective: feeling or showing concern about someone who is in a bad situation
  • adjective: existing or operating through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association
  • often + 'to' or 'toward'
  • synonyms: sympathizing, compassionate, harmonious

Examples

  • He was not 'sympathetic to/toward' their cause. [=he did not support their cause]

  • The book doesn't really have any 'sympathetic' [='likable'] characters.

  • I didn't find the hero in the movie very 'sympathetic'.

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