sympathize
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pəˌθaɪz verb (used without object), sym·pa·thized, sym·pa·thiz·ing.
1.
to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with ).
2.
to feel a compassionate sympathy, as for suffering or trouble (often followed by with ).
3.
to express sympathy or condole (often followed by with ).
4.
to be in approving accord, as with a person or cause: to sympathize with a person's aims.
5.
to agree, correspond, or accord.
Also, especially British, sym·pa·thise.
Related forms
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
Synonyms
4. understand, approve, favor, back, support.
4. understand, approve, favor, back, support.
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| —vb (often foll by with) | |
| 1. | to feel or express compassion or sympathy (for); commiserate: he sympathized with my troubles |
| 2. | to share or understand the sentiments or ideas (of); be in sympathy (with) |
| sympathise or sympathise | |
| —vb | |
| 'sympathizer or sympathise | |
| —n | |
| 'sympathiser or sympathise | |
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Example sentences
She made it acceptable to weep and to think simultaneously, to sympathize but also to indict.
And one could sympathize with how difficult it might be to acknowledge that resentment.
It's easy to sympathize with the challengers, who fear that the new product will reduce smokers' incentives to quit.
The reader must be able to view the wolf's horrific urges in an abstract way in order to sympathize with him.
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