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- a compassionate person by nature
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- affable,
- amicable,
- benign,
- companionable,
- comradely,
- cordial,
- friendly,
- genial,
- gentle,
- good,
- good-natured,
- good-tempered,
- gracious,
- mild,
- neighborly,
- nice,
- pleasant,
- sweet,
- warm
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- a compassionate smile made the refugees feel a little better
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- brutal,
- grim,
- hard-bitten,
- hard-boiled,
- harsh,
- oppressive,
- rough,
- severe,
- stern,
- tough,
- ungentle,
- unrelenting
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compassionate
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of compassionate (Entry 2 of 2)
- a gentle soul who could compassionate even the most reprobate of scoundrels and villains
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“Compassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassionate. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.
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The first known use of compassionate was in 1579
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