It is easier to sympathize with sorrow than to sympathize with joy.
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Sympathize
Synonyms for "sympathize" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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2 entriesderived
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1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συμπαθέω verb (to show sympathy)
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَاطَفَ verb (to show sympathy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- симпатизирам verb (to show sympathy)
Catalan
1 entries- simpatitzar verb (to show sympathy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 同情 verb (to show sympathy)
Czech
1 entries- soucítit verb (to show sympathy)
Finnish
2 entries- myötäelää verb (to show sympathy)
- tuntea myötätuntoa verb (to show sympathy)
French
2 entries- compatir verb (to show sympathy)
- s'apitoyer verb (to show sympathy)
Galician
1 entries- simpatizar verb (to show sympathy)
German
1 entries- mitfühlen verb (to show sympathy)
Greek
1 entries- συμπάσχω verb (to show sympathy)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִמְפֵּת verb (to show sympathy)
Hungarian
3 entries- (mély) együttérzést tanúsít verb (to show sympathy)
- együttérez verb (to show sympathy)
- megért verb (to show sympathy)
Italian
1 entries- simpatizzare verb (to show sympathy)
Japanese
1 entries- 同情する verb (to show sympathy)
Latin
3 entries- misereō verb (to show sympathy)
- miserō verb (to show sympathy)
- monstrō compassiōnem verb (to show sympathy)
Malay
1 entries- bersimpati verb (to show sympathy)
Old English
1 entries- efnþrōwian verb (to show sympathy)
Portuguese
2 entries- simpatizar verb (to show sympathy)
- solidarizar-se verb (to show sympathy)
Russian
2 entries- симпатизи́ровать verb (to show sympathy)
- сочу́вствовать verb (to show sympathy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- saosećati verb (to show sympathy)
- suosjećati verb (to show sympathy)
Spanish
1 entries- simpatizar verb (to show sympathy)
Urdu
1 entries- ہَمدَردی کَرنا verb (to show sympathy)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I couldn't but sympathize with the girl who had lost her parents in the accident.
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I sympathize with you from the bottom of my heart.
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His parents did not sympathize with his hope to become a journalist.
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