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UK
/sˌɪmpəθˈɛtɪk/
]
[ US /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
the sympathetic characters in the play -
relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
sympathetic vibration -
of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic neurons
sympathetic stimulation -
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
sympathetic words
kindly criticism
was charitable in his opinions of others
a kindly act
a large-hearted mentor -
having similar disposition and tastes
with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion -
expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
a sympathetic observer
sympathetic to the students' cause
a sympathetic gesture
How To Use sympathetic In A Sentence
- Alaric got a bit annoyed at how long we took to leave becuase of the guinea pigs - I didn't know weather to be sympathetic or laugh when he got narky about it :/ Snell-Pym » Guinea Pigs!
- A stimulant action on the parasympathetic portion of the oculomotor nucleus (third cranial nerve) is responsible for pupillary miosis.
- It would also release more time for doctors, who would no longer need to cope with people presenting illness as a cover for their real aim - the chance to talk to a sympathetic person about their personal problems.
- The reason economists are sympathetic to signalling is that they are very smart (yes, really) and are among the people who probably don't benefit greatly from college, they learned how to think at high school and are mostly self-educated anyway. Free Education Valued at Cost, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- I knew Anikei was more sympathetic toward Pavel than anybody else was.
- Beneath that aloof exterior, Gayle is a warm, sympathetic person.
- Claire's always one to lend a sympathetic ear if you have problems.
- Long sympathetic neurons and sensory neurons, with particular reference to those of the dorsomedial quadrant of spinal ganglia in chick embryo [12], provided a most valuable system for demonstrating the three main activities of NGF, i.e., 1) its vital trophic role during the early developmental stages, 2) its property of enhancing differentiative processes such as neurite outgrowth, and 3) of guiding the growing or regenerating neurites along its own concentration gradient. [ Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
- In most cases trained officers give sympathetic, effective and admirable support. Times, Sunday Times
- Here he sounds like the cautious elder, advising a sympathetic intellectualism that would open people to self-understanding.
