compassionate
Meanings
Verb
- share the suffering of
- To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
Adjective
- showing or having compassion
- "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
Adj
- Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
- Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
- Inviting or asking for pity.
Origin / Etymology
A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”).
Synonyms
commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, condole with, empathetic, feel for, feel someone's pain, feel sorry for, mercify, pitiable, pity, rue, ruthful, sympathetic, sympathize with, take pity
Antonyms
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