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compassionate
Meaning: showing deep sympathy and concern for others' suffering
compassionate in a sentence
How compassionate is used in real sentences:
The nurse spoke in a compassionate tone to calm the frightened child before surgery.
Even though the puppy had chewed her favorite shoes, Mia remained compassionate and simply cleaned up the mess.
“He was compassionate toward both groups and carried food to their weak young.”
— from the passage Seven Beats Together
Synonyms for compassionate
Other words for compassionate — caring, empathetic and kindhearted — carry the same meaning.
- caring
- empathetic
- kindhearted
Antonyms of compassionate
Words that mean the opposite of compassionate:
- cruel
- indifferent
Where it comes from
From Latin compati 'to suffer with'
Word parts
- con/com/col/cor/co — together, with
compassionate: com- (with) + passion (suffering, from pati)
Memory hook
COM-PASSION-ate: full of passion to help others.
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