English Explanatory Dictionary

sympathize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected
  2. To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).
  3. To say in an expression of sympathy.
  4. To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
  5. To share (a feeling or experience).
  6. To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sympathize.wav

Word forms

sympathize sympathizes sympathizing sympathized sympathise

Etymology

Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ize. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwian (literally “to suffer with or together”).

Synonyms

commiserate understand

Related words

sympathetic sympathy

Derived words

himpathize oversympathize sympathizable sympathizer sympathizingly unsympathized unsympathizer

Translations

Arabic: تَعَاطَفَ Bulgarian: симпатизирам Catalan: simpatitzar Chinese Mandarin: 同情 Czech: soucítit Finnish: tuntea myötätuntoa Finnish: myötäelää French: compatir French: s'apitoyer Galician: simpatizar German: mitfühlen Greek: συμπάσχω Ancient Greek: συμπαθέω Hebrew: סִמְפֵּת Hungarian: együttérez Hungarian: megért Hungarian: (mély) együttérzést tanúsít Italian: simpatizzare Japanese: 同情する Latin: misereō Latin: miserō Latin: monstrō compassiōnem Malay: bersimpati Old English: efnþrōwian Portuguese: simpatizar Portuguese: solidarizar-se Russian: сочу́вствовать Russian: симпатизи́ровать Serbo-Croatian: suosjećati Serbo-Croatian: saosećati Spanish: simpatizar Urdu: ہَمدَردی کَرنا
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