"sympathetic" in the adjective sense
1. sympathetic
of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
"sympathetic neurons"
"sympathetic stimulation"
2. sympathetic
expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings disposed toward
"sympathetic to the students' cause"
"a sympathetic observer"
"a sympathetic gesture"
3. charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
"was charitable in his opinions of others"
"kindly criticism"
"a kindly act"
"sympathetic words"
"a large-hearted mentor"
4. sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable
of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
"the sympathetic characters in the play"
5. sympathetic
having similar disposition and tastes
"with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
6. harmonic, sympathetic
relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
"sympathetic vibration"
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