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sympathetic English

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What does sympathetic mean?
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sympathetic

If you are sympathetic, you care about somebody else's problems. If you are sympathetic towards a plan or idea, you support it.

sympathetic

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system sympathetic neurons sympathetic stimulation 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 (= charitable, kindly, 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 (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings the sympathetic characters in the play having similar disposition and tastes with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body sympathetic vibration

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Simple sentences

You're very sympathetic.
Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.
When I started school I had a teacher who took a sympathetic and open minded approach.
Overtraining leads to increased sympathetic activity.
I hope Tom is sympathetic.
Tom always seems to be sympathetic.
Tom won't likely be sympathetic.
Tom will likely be sympathetic.
Tom seemed to be sympathetic.
Mary said that she was sympathetic.
Tom and Mary told John that they were sympathetic.
She told me that she was sympathetic.

Movie subtitles

That's not a very sympathetic thing to say.
I'm not a sympathetic man.
Sympathetic treatment will release the human mind from any obsession.
You're no longer the sympathetic Samaritan, are you, Dr. Garth?
We're very fortunate the young man is so sympathetic toward music.
Chemically, we are already quite sympathetic.
You couldn't have found anyone more sympathetic to your condition.
How kind and sympathetic you are!
Don't get sympathetic.
It was a very sympathetic look, I thought.
She thought me also the kindest. the gentlest. the most sympathetic man in the world.
McPherson, you won't understand this. but I tried to become the kindest, the gentlest. the most sympathetic man in the world.
The coroner and the police were sympathetic.
Circumstances and your most lovely self. persuaded me that my heart and sympathetic self-interest. lie with you and your uncle.
You know, you're a very sympathetic mother.
Fellow employees all of you know that Tommy Rogers' musical education was made possible by the sympathetic understanding of the late Hiram Phelps.
You're the only one who's been sympathetic.
Sympathetic and protective possibly too protective for her good.
Now, if we can only find the countess. - Yeah, she's so sympathetic.
She thought me also the kindest, the gentlest, the most sympathetic man in the world.
McPherson, you won't understand this, but I tried to become the kindest, the gentlest, the most sympathetic man in the world.
The Kanima is a. it's actually a very sad, sympathetic creature.
Naturally, I'm sympathetic, but at the same time.
What's the matter with it? - I have never been sympathetic.
It was a very sympathetic look, I thought. I had the feeling you like me.
So kind and sympathetic.
Now the other one steps in. Sympathetic.
My modest apartment was shared by a sympathetic companion into whose company the authorities had happily thrown me.
You're interested in a guy you gotta be sympathetic with what he's doing.
You're especially sympathetic to Andrea and his ideas.

News and current affairs

While the rest of the world is sympathetic to Geithner's ideas, other countries would like to see more fundamental reform.
Many commentators, even those sympathetic to Bloomberg's goal, argued that it was wrong to try to legislate consumer behavior so bluntly.
Then came the pointless provocation of refusing talks with the troika, despite the fact that the three institutions are all much more sympathetic to Greek demands than the German government.
I am personally sympathetic to Scotland's independence as a way to bolster Scottish democracy and cultural identity.
Europeans tend to believe that the US is uncritically supportive of Israel and insufficiently sympathetic to Palestinian rights.
But, despite being a nation of immigrants, more Americans are skeptical about immigration than are sympathetic to it.
Openly sympathetic to the Taliban and tribal militants fighting the Pakistan army, the two cleric brothers who head Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Abdur Rashid Ghazi, have attracted a core of banned militant organizations around them.
But another, more sympathetic response would be to show that individual rights and notions of freedom are by no means alien to non-Western civilizations.
If we were to meet intelligent, sympathetic extraterrestrials, would we deny them basic rights because they are not members of our own species?
We are more sympathetic to the second criticism.
Watanabe is thus the equivalent of a Holocaust denier, but, unlike his German counterparts, he easily draws large and sympathetic audiences.
Since they could not make a rational choice, they followed their instincts and voted for the candidate they found most sympathetic.
Democratic candidates are more likely to be sympathetic to whatever is negotiated; but there are certain to be differences among candidates on both sides.
It needs to do so while it still has the world's sympathetic ear.
Indeed, as taken with today's revolutionary technologies as we are - I say this staring at my sleek new Apple Watch - I am sympathetic to Gordon's argument.
This will ensure that poorer nations' views receive a more sympathetic hearing in the future.
Some parts of the Pakistani government are sympathetic to terrorism and unwilling to act against it; other parts simply lack the capacity to act against it effectively.
Just going from one crisis to the next will ruin the economy for decades to come - and will exhaust the patience of even the most sympathetic of Greece's partners.
The Dutch populist, Geert Wilders, is a frequent caller, telling sympathetic audiences that Israel is on the front line of the Western war against Islam.
Jaitley is also known as a strategic thinker who is sympathetic to business interests.
India has a large number of talented computer engineers, including some who might be sympathetic to the Islamist cause.
The regime's hostility toward gays and lesbians may offend the West, but it strikes a sympathetic chord with most Russians.
Despite being a nation of immigrants, more Americans are skeptical about immigration than are sympathetic to it.
Western reporting, once commended for its veracity, now seems discredited across China, although sympathetic coverage of the loss of life in Sichuan may have redeemed the Western media somewhat.
Compounding these concerns is evidence that Japanese public opinion is sympathetic toward the positions that Abe has taken or seems to favor.
In the Middle East, the US confronts Iran, which seeks to expand its power by any means it can, to oust neighboring countries' governments in favor of ideologically sympathetic forces, and ultimately to evict America from the region.

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