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Synonyms: Adjective
commiserative, compassionate, empathetic, empathic, humane, understanding
Antonyms: Adjective
callous, cold-blooded, coldhearted, hard, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, obdurate, unfeeling, unsympathetic
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He received much help from sympathetic friends. I didn't find the hero in the movie very sympathetic.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Some commission members were sympathetic to the preservation idea, noting that the power plant is historically significant. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Effort to preserve coastal smokestack gets cold shoulder from commission," 10 Sep. 2019 The president has made comments in recent months that appear sympathetic to Russia’s position on the annexation. — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, "Trump Questions Finding of Russia’s 2016 Meddling as He Appears With Putin," 16 July 2018 In court on Tuesday, Beetem seemed sympathetic to the arguments of the governor’s attorney. — Jason Hancock, kansascity, "Governor’s lawyer argues texts automatically deleted by app aren’t public records," 19 June 2018 But other judges appeared sympathetic to Ms. Bolger’s arguments on behalf of Ms. Robles. — Vivian Wang, New York Times, "Court Weighs Whether Times Reporter Must Testify in ‘Baby Hope’ Trial," 5 June 2018 Ellis, 77, who was appointed to the federal bench in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, seemed sympathetic to that argument. — Author: Sharon Lafraniere, Anchorage Daily News, "Judge questions Mueller’s charges against Manafort," 5 May 2018 Ellis appeared somewhat sympathetic to that argument as well, comparing Mueller to independent counsels criticized in the past for overreach. — Rachel Weiner, chicagotribune.com, "Judge says Mueller team just prosecuting Manafort to get him to 'sing' about Trump," 4 May 2018 For their part, King and Hill seemed sympathetic about the situation. — BostonGlobe.com, "Stephen King-related," 17 Sep. 2019 President Trump had appeared sympathetic to the idea, but other Administration officials have resisted it. — Tim Lister, CNN, "After the Saudi oil attacks, all options carry great risk," 16 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sympathetic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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