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sympathy
Meaning: a feeling of care or sorrow for someone else's misfortune
sympathy in a sentence
How sympathy is used in real sentences:
Neighbors brought meals to the family out of sympathy after the fire.
When her project was ruined by the storm, classmates offered quiet sympathy instead of the teasing she had expected.
“Her teammate Luis showed sympathy by leaving soup and a funny card at her door.”
— from the passage Ten Tests Ahead
Synonyms for sympathy
Other words for sympathy — compassion, empathy and condolence — carry the same meaning.
- compassion
- empathy
- condolence
Antonyms of sympathy
Words that mean the opposite of sympathy:
- indifference
- callousness
Where it comes from
From Greek syn- 'together' + pathos 'feeling'
Word parts
- syn/sym/syl — alongside, same, together
sympathy: sym- (together) + path (feeling) - path — feeling
sympathy: sym- (together) + path (feeling)
Memory hook
SYM (together) + PATHY (feeling) — feeling together with someone.