sympathetic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: Mid 17th century in the sense “relating to an affinity or paranormal influence”, from Latin sympathēticus. By surface analysis, sympathy + -etic (“pertaining to”); compare pathetic. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwiende.
Inflected forms:
form: more sympathetic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sympathetic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sympathetick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sympathetical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: sympathetics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sympathetick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sympathetical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
pos: adj
examples: John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
Vaublanc, in San Domingo so sympathetic to the sorrows of labour in France, had to fly from Paris in August, 1792, to escape the wrath of the French workers.
gloss: Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
pos: adj
gloss: Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
pos: adj
gloss: Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
sympathetic ink
gloss: Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus.
gloss: Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
pos: adj
tags: relational
gloss: Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves.
pos: adj
tags: relational
examples: Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine.
It was suggested that adrenaline might act at the junction of sympathetic nerves and the effector organs, and that adrenaline might be released at sympathetic nerve endings.
gloss: A sympathetic nerve.
pos: noun
Related words: sympathico-
Derived words: antisympathetic
cardiosympathetic
himpathetic
neurosympathetic
nonsympathetic
oculosympathetic
orthosympathetic
oversympathetic
parasympathetic
perisympathetic
presympathetic
reflex sympathetic dystrophy
somatosympathetic
sympathetically
sympathetic chain
sympathetic detonation
sympathetic hyperactivity
sympathetic ink
sympatheticism
sympathetic magic
sympathetic nervous system
sympatheticness
sympatheticolytic
sympathetic powder
sympathetic string
sympathetic trunk
sympathetic vibration
sympathin
sympatho-
sympath-
sympitar
unsympathetic
vagosympathetic
vestibulosympathetic
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: съчувствен
roman: sǎčuvstven
lang: Bulgarian
word: състрадателен
roman: sǎstradatelen
lang: Catalan
word: simpàtic
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同情的
roman: tóngqíngde
lang: Dutch
word: sympathiek
lang: Finnish
word: myötätuntoinen
lang: French
word: sympathique
lang: German
word: mitfühlend
lang: Ancient Greek
word: συμπαθής
roman: sumpathḗs
lang: Hungarian
word: együttérző
lang: Hungarian
word: rokonszenvező
lang: Irish
word: báúil
lang: Irish
word: cásmhar
lang: Irish
word: comhbhách
lang: Irish
word: comhbhraiteach
lang: Irish
word: comhghoilliúnach
lang: Irish
word: páirteach
lang: Irish
word: taobhaitheach
lang: Italian
word: sensibile
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sîmpasawî
lang: Latin
word: misericors
lang: Manx
word: co-ennaghtagh
lang: Manx
word: erreeishagh
lang: Māori
word: pukuaroha
lang: Māori
word: pūaroha
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sympatisk
lang: Old English
word: efnþrōwiende
lang: Polish
word: współczujący
lang: Portuguese
word: simpático
lang: Russian
word: сочувствующий
roman: sočuvstvujuščij
lang: Spanish
word: simpatético
lang: Spanish
word: simpatizador
lang: Swedish
word: sympatisk
lang: Unami
word: kwëtamàlsi
lang: Yiddish
word: סימפּאַטיש
roman: simpatish
lang: Bulgarian
word: симпатичен
roman: simpatičen
lang: Esperanto
word: simpatia
lang: Hungarian
word: szimpatikus
lang: Hungarian
word: rokonszenves
lang: Hungarian
word: megnyerő
lang: Portuguese
word: simpático
lang: Spanish
word: simpático
lang: Turkish
word: simpatik
lang: Turkish
word: sevimli
lang: Turkish
word: şirin