sympathized
past simple and past participle ofsympathize
sympathize
verb[I]
(UKusuallysympathise)uk/ˈsɪm.pə.θaɪz/us/ˈsɪm.pə.θaɪz/sympathizeverb[I](UNDERSTAND)
C2
tounderstandandcareabout someone'sproblems:
Iknowwhat it's like to havemigraines, so I really sympathize (withyou).
Sympathy & compassion
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- better luck next timeidiom
- bleeding heart
- cheese
- heart-wrenching
- heart-wrenchingly
- heartrending
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pity
- poor
- rehumanize
- relate
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- shoulder
- sympathy
- yourheart achesidiom
- yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Empathy and sensitivity
sympathizeverb[I](SUPPORT)
tosupportandagreewith someone or something:
I sympathizewiththegeneralaimsof theorganization, but on thisparticularissueIdisagree.
Backing, supporting & defending
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- allyyourselfto/withsomeone
- argumentation
- badge
- bailout
- bet
- champion
- keep the flag flyingidiom
- patronage
- recommended
- red carpet
- reinforce
- right behindsomeoneidiom
- roll out the red carpetidiom
- root
- root forsomeone
- stick together
- sympathetic
Examplesofsympathized
sympathized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Supervisors supervised, colleaguessympathized, friends helped, libraries and archives communicated, publishers published.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although most syndicalists in non-belligerent countries clearlysympathizedwith the democracies, they declined to invoke these sympathies to justify intervention.
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Otherssympathizedwith the more radical student demands.
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One way of gauging whether vestrymensympathizedwith those they assisted is to measure the level of relief allowed to the poor.
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Sanetakasympathizedwith her, but said nothing.
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He said—and we probably allsympathizedand agreed with him—that liability for military service would be a bar to emigration.
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Hesympathizedwith the moderate wing of the party and was sharply critical of the radicals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rebels managed to get inside the emperor's palace as they were let in by eunuchs whosympathizedwith their cause.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furthermore, many industrial workers were themselves former farm labourers andsympathizedwith the plight of those toiling the lands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He said hesympathizedwith them, but denied any formal connection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although the new middle classsympathizedwith the working class, the middle-class political groups were hardly representative of a national political or social movement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fortunately, the town councilmansympathizedwith her, and had her serve the rest of her sentence as a guest in his own house.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He criticized the corruption and injustice in society andsympathizedwith the poor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Leprosy patients were to besympathized, and they do not fear anything.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Except in combating disloyalty, hesympathizedwith the colonists, and was one of the ablest and most popular of the royal governors.
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