sympathizing
present 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
Examplesofsympathizing
sympathizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Wyvern justifies keeping the poor ignorant bysympathizingwith the pain education would cause them.
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There is something troubling about the transition fromsympathizingwith the victim tosympathizingwith the victimizer.
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Neighborhoods become divided,sympathizingwith those whose piety had earned them great admiration but frightened that their sympathy might make them suspect, as well.
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This process is highly related to compassion becausesympathizingwith others is possible with people from other countries, cultures, locations, etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The observer finds himselfsympathizingwith the district's abandonment, and indifference to time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At least one woman staff physician pleaded forsympathizingcare, saying it could do more to change a life than moralistic rejection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She gives expression to her desolation, amid thesympathizingsorrow of her companions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thosesympathizingwith the government have generally agreed with the move.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Empathy is a spontaneous sharing of affect, provoked by witnessing andsympathizingwith anothers emotional state.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For hits reason, she lacks human emotions such assympathizingwith others.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was suspected ofsympathizingwith the local revolutionary elements during the upheavals of 1848.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.John was described to be reserved but easily provoked as a child, as well as having asympathizingheart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jin's critical commentary frequently oscillates betweensympathizingwith the individual bandit-heroes and condemning their status as outlaws.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smith makes clear that it is this ability to self-command our ungovernable passions throughsympathizingwith others that is virtuous.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sympathizingis pleasurable, failing to sympathize is aversive.
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