empathizing
Sharing another's feelings
Empathizing is the act of understanding or sharing another person's feelings—putting yourself in their position emotionally.
It differs from sympathizing, which maintains more distance: you can sympathize with someone's loss without feeling their grief yourself.
She spent the afternoon empathizing with her friend's frustration.
Also spelled empathising in British English.
Concerning or connecting
- bondingForming close connections
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- resonatingVibrating sympathetically, meaningfully
- identifyingDetermining what something is
mirroring · attunement · kinship · affinity · solidarity · togetherness · closeness · harmony
Mentally taking in meaning
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
- recognizingPerceiving as known
perspective-taking · insight · awareness · cognizance · realization · fathoming · seeing · validating
Detecting through perception
- feelingSensed inner state
- readingInterpreting written text
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
- intuitingKnowing without evidence
discerning · attuning · receptive · sensitive · perceptive · insightful · aware · observant
Sharing in another's feelings
- caringShowing kind concern
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- consolingGiving solace to another
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
tenderness · warmhearted · gentle · merciful · supportive · nurturing · soothing · benevolent
relating
Concerning or connecting
- bondingForming close connections
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- resonatingVibrating sympathetically, meaningfully
identifying · mirroring · attunement · kinship · affinity · solidarity · togetherness · closeness · harmony · camaraderie
comprehending
Mentally taking in meaning
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
recognizing · perspective-taking · insight · awareness · cognizance · realization · fathoming · seeing · validating · accepting
sensing
Detecting through perception
- feelingSensed inner state
- readingInterpreting written text
- perceivingBecoming conscious of something
intuiting · discerning · attuning · receptive · sensitive · perceptive · insightful · aware · observant · listening
sympathizing
Sharing in another's feelings
- caringShowing kind concern
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- consolingGiving solace to another
kindness · tenderness · warmhearted · gentle · merciful · supportive · nurturing · soothing · benevolent · altruistic
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- friendship actssharing, helping, listening, supporting, forgiving
empathizingindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · disregarding · detachment · ignoring · coldness
empathizingsystemizing
Creating orderly structures
objectifying · dehumanizing · systematizing · analyzing · depersonalizing
empathizingdismissing
Removing from position
mocking · ridiculing · exploiting · tormenting · belittling
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