n. sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune; the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
I felt sympathy for my friend whose grandpa died.
I felt sympathy for my friend whose grandpa died.
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From the beginning, who gave the main character no sympathy because of her disabilities?
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Her show of sympathy was a charade.
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I sent a sympathy card to the bereaved family.
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He did not have an ounce of sympathy for me. OR The pen weighs one ounce.
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What did Billy draw on the front of the sympathy card he made for Mr. Tooley's family?
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Why did Ally give Mrs. Hall a sympathy card?
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Who was the city official who was in sympathy with the ten Boom's work?
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compassion; feeling; condolence; commiseration
hardheartedness;callousness
3 syllables
sym-pa-thy
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