sympathize
to express sympathy or condole (often followed by with).
to be in approving accord, as with a person or cause: to sympathize with a person's aims.
to agree, correspond, or accord.
Origin of sympathize
1- Also especially British, sym·pa·thise .
Other words for sympathize
Other words from sympathize
- sym·pa·thiz·ing·ly, adverb
- non·sym·pa·thiz·ing, adjective
- non·sym·pa·thiz·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·sym·pa·thize, verb (used without object), pre·sym·pa·thized, pre·sym·pa·thiz·ing.
- un·sym·pa·thized, adjective
- un·sym·pa·thiz·ing, adjective
- un·sym·pa·thiz·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with sympathize
- empathize, sympathize
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How to use sympathize in a sentence
Perhaps at this moment his wife could hardly sympathise, when she thought of her boys emulating such deeds.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeWhere would I see a man who is base enough to sympathise with secession before I would vote for him for office?
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowBut when it came to being brutally assaulted by Jaffery Chayne, she really thought Barbara would sympathise.
Jaffery | William J. LockeThere is nothing offensive in such a stipulation,” said I; “and I even sympathise with the feeling that inspired it.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonI sympathise with poor Desdemona when she had such a dangerous stream poured in her ear, even by a black man.
Dracula | Bram Stoker
British Dictionary definitions for sympathize
sympathise
/ (ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz) /
to feel or express compassion or sympathy (for); commiserate: he sympathized with my troubles
to share or understand the sentiments or ideas (of); be in sympathy (with)
Derived forms of sympathize
- sympathizer or sympathiser, noun
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