sympathizing
Sharing another's feelings
Sympathizing is feeling or expressing understanding for someone's situation or emotions.
It often involves sharing in another's sorrow or hardship: sympathizing with flood victims, a sympathizing glance.
Sympathizing can also mean supporting a cause or position: accused of sympathizing with the rebels.
The word suggests emotional alignment rather than mere acknowledgment.
Showing fellow feeling for misfortune
- pityingFeeling sorrow for another
- condolingExpressing sympathy for grief
- caringShowing kind concern
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
warmth · kindness · mercy · gentleness · sensitivity · consideration · solicitude · humaneness
Dividing among others
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- perspective-takingUnderstanding another's viewpoint
- vicariousExperienced through another
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
Aid or sponsorship
- aligningPositioning in proper relation
- solidarityUnity among allies
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- allySupportive partner
championing · endorsing · affirming · rallying · encouraging · bolstering · validating · uplifting
Concerning or connecting
- identifyingDetermining what something is
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- recognizingPerceiving as known
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
seeing · grasping · comprehending · discerning · resonating · connecting · attuning · sensing
commiserating
Showing fellow feeling for misfortune
tenderness · warmth · kindness · mercy · gentleness · sensitivity · consideration · solicitude · humaneness · benevolence
sharing
Dividing among others
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- perspective-takingUnderstanding another's viewpoint
- vicariousExperienced through another
attunement · rapport · bonding · communion
backing
Aid or sponsorship
- aligningPositioning in proper relation
- solidarityUnity among allies
- advocacyPleading for a cause
ally · championing · endorsing · affirming · rallying · encouraging · bolstering · validating · uplifting · nurturing
relating
Concerning or connecting
- identifyingDetermining what something is
- appreciatingRecognizing value or quality
- recognizingPerceiving as known
acknowledging · seeing · grasping · comprehending · discerning · resonating · connecting · attuning · sensing · perceiving
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- Relatinglinking, connecting, pertaining, associating, correlating
sympathizingindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
unsympathetic · cold · callous · uncaring · apathetic
sympathizingdisapproving
Expressing unfavorable opinion
condemning · opposing · criticizing · denouncing · censuring
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