as in sympathizing
to have the same feelings as another person; to feel empathy for someone
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He learned to empathize with the poor.
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Recent Examples of empathizing
The response was either reinforcing the emotion by agreeing and empathizing or reinterpreting the situation to help the person see it differently.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In his bite-sized segments on YouTube, Caprio is often seen empathizing with those in his courtroom.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
In his bite-sized segments on YouTube, Caprio is often seen empathizing with those in his courtroom.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathizing
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Cloud shadows caress the sandstone like a mother comforting a sleeping child.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Joan comforting and encouraging him later in the episode was nice.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images After UConn lost the 2022 NCAA title game, Bird joined other program greats in consoling the Huskies and emphasized that heartbreak is part of every champion's journey.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Montgomery suffered a season-ending injury on Sunday, announcing the news of his impending surgery by posting a picture of Sonic consoling a crying Knuckles on his Instagram story.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
18 Dec. 2024
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Miran’s promise to resist political pressure, however, is key to reassuring financial markets, which have reacted badly to Trump’s campaign against the central bank.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fresh off the release of her latest solo album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,Williams is reassuring them that Paramore aren’t going anywhere.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Wildlife art can be confining, constricting, customary; contemporary artists are assuring its survival and vibrancy by breaking from the traditional.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In particular, O’Neill proposed doing away with FDA’s 60-year-old mandate of assuring new drugs are both safe and effective in treating disease.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Empathizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathizing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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