sympathies
Feelings of compassion
Sympathies is most often encountered in expressions of condolence: Please accept my sympathies on the loss of your father.
The plural suggests multiple feelings or gestures of compassion directed toward someone in grief or hardship.
Sympathies can also mean inclinations or loyalties: Her political sympathies lie with the left.
One's sympathies are where one's support naturally flows.
Considerate, caring disposition
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- pitySympathy for misfortune
mercy · concern · heartfelt · sensitivity · gentleness · commiseration · consolation · solace
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
funeral · consolation · comfort · tribute · remembrance · memorial · heartache · solace
Concern for others' distress
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
rapport · resonance · sensitivity · awareness · fellow-feeling · identification · connection · recognition
Formal union of parties
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- backingAid or sponsorship
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
kinship · affinity · camaraderie · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · like-mindedness · alignment
kindness
Considerate, caring disposition
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
pity · mercy · concern · heartfelt · sensitivity · gentleness · commiseration · consolation · solace · humanity
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
loss · funeral · consolation · comfort · tribute · remembrance · memorial · heartache · solace · lamentation
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
attunement · rapport · resonance · sensitivity · awareness · fellow-feeling · identification · connection · recognition · relating
alliance
Formal union of parties
fellowship · kinship · affinity · camaraderie · brotherhood · sisterhood · comradeship · like-mindedness · alignment · partisanship
sympathiesindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · coldness · callousness · heartlessness · hard-heartedness
sympathiesantipathies
Ingrained feelings of repugnance
hostilities · antagonism · opposition · animosities · disagreements
sympathiesinsensitivities
Failures to regard others' feelings
callousness · brutality · harshness · roughness · tactlessness
sympathize, sympathizer, sympathizing, sympathized, sympathizers