Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A feeling of understanding or concern for someone else's sorrow or misfortune
Sympathy
/ˈsɪmpəθi/Synonyms:
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Examples:
However intense their sympathies, the war was still a European war.
Her sudden kindness and sympathy was too much for me.
'I will offer my sympathy.
Etymology:
Late Middle English (in the sense understanding between people): from Latin sympathia, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathein to suffer along with, from syn- with + pathos suffering.
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