"sympathizing" in the verb sense
1. sympathize, sympathise
share the feelings of understand the sentiments of
2. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand
be understanding of
"You don't need to explain
3. commiserate, sympathize, sympathise
to feel or express sympathy or compassion
Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)
Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.
View WordNet® License