sympathetic
sympathetic is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing. Face value is 23 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
- adjective. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
- adjective. Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
- adjective. Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.
- adjective. relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
"sympathetic vibration"
- adjective. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
"was charitable in his opinions of others"
"kindly criticism"
- adjective. having similar disposition and tastes
"with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
- adjective. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
"sympathetic to the students' cause"
"a sympathetic observer"
- adjective. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
"the sympathetic characters in the play"
- adjective. of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
"sympathetic neurons"
"sympathetic stimulation"
Synonyms
harmonic, benevolent, charitable, kindly, openhearted, appealing, likable, likeable
Common word forms
sympathetical, sympatheticity, sympatheticness
Words from these letters
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