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Sympathetic

adjective

Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system. "Sympathetic stimulation"

Expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward. "A sympathetic observer" , "A sympathetic gesture"

Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted. "Kindly criticism" , "A kindly act" , "Sympathetic words" , "A large-hearted mentor"

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings. Synonyms: appealing, likable, likeable.

Having similar disposition and tastes.

Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body. Synonym: harmonic.

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"Sympathetic" Quotes from Famous Books

... discord, unambitious of conquests, respecting the rights of other nations, and desirous merely to avail themselves of their natural resources, might be permitted to behold the scenes which desolate that quarter of the globe with only those sympathetic emotions which are natural to the lovers of peace and friends of the human race. But we are led by events to associate with these feelings a sense of the dangers which menace our security and peace. We rely upon ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 4) of Volume 1: John Adams • Edited by James D. Richardson

... relative: his generosity, begun in inclination, was nurtured by reflection, and strengthened with a daily exercise which had rendered it a habit of his nature. Want never appeared before him without exciting a sympathetic emotion in his heart, which never rested until he had administered every comfort in the power of wealth to bestow. His compassion and his purse were the substance and shadow of each other. The ...

— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter

... no other government in this country than the government of the United States, and to whom the Revolutionary War was but a tradition. Born in the very year of the peace, it was a part of Irving's mission, by the sympathetic charm of his writings and by the cordial recognition which he won in both countries, to allay the soreness which the second war, of 1812-15, had left between England and America. He was {408} well fitted for the task of mediator. Conservative by nature, early drawn to the venerable worship of ...

— Brief History of English and American Literature • Henry A. Beers

... others had heard what Margaret had whispered to her, they had guessed, from the sympathetic expression of her face, that she had taken Joan's pretence of rage for a real outburst, and was comforting her; and that in spite of that, Joan should still wish to make game of her seemed to them horribly unfair. Geoffrey was the first to show his disapproval of Joan's conduct. A joke was ...

— The Rebellion of Margaret • Geraldine Mockler

... remembrances of my delight in the histories of Joseph and of David; and of my keen appreciation of the chivalrous kindness of Abraham in his dealings with Lot. Like a sudden flash there returns back upon me, my utter scorn of the pettifogging meanness of Jacob, and my sympathetic grief over the heartbreaking lamentation of the cheated Esau, "Hast thou not a blessing for me also, O my father?" And I see, as in a cloud, pictures of the grand phantasmagoria of ...

— Critiques and Addresses • Thomas Henry Huxley

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