| Main Entry: | fellow feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
Synonyms: |
Christian love, agape, brotherly love, concern, empathy, good feeling, identification, loving concern, rapport, relating, responsiveness, sympathetic response, vibes, warmth |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
Synonyms: |
affection, agape, altruism, amity, attachment, benevolence, benignity, bountifulness, bounty, caritas, clemency, fellow feeling, generosity, goodness, goodwill, grace, humaneness, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, lenity, love, magnanimity, mercy, tenderheartedness |
Antonyms: |
malevolence, uncharitableness, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | compassion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tender feeling |
Synonyms: |
benevolence, charity, clemency, commiseration, compunction, condolence, consideration, empathy, fellow feeling, grace, heart, humaneness, humanity, kindness, lenity, mercy, softheartedness, softness, sorrow, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenderness, yearning |
Antonyms: |
cruelty, harshness, hatred, indifference, meanness, mercilessness, tyranny |
| Main Entry: | condolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
Synonyms: |
comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolement, consolation, fellow feeling, solace |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' |
| Main Entry: | consolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief, comfort |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, assuagement, cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, lenity, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | kindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion, generosity |
Synonyms: |
affection, altruism, amiability, beneficence, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good intention, good will, goodness, grace, graciousness, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, serviceability, solicitousness, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselfishness |
Antonyms: |
cruelty, harshness, meanness |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shared feeling |
Synonyms: |
accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness, kindness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, rapport, responsiveness, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmheartedness, warmth |
Antonyms: |
disdain, incompatibility, indifference |
| Main Entry: | sympathy strike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strike in support of others |
Synonyms: |
empathy, fellow feeling, joint action |
| Main Entry: | compassion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
| Concept: | Condolence. |
| Category: | 2. Special Sympathetic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
condolence; lamentation; sympathy, consolation.
-verbs
condole with, console, sympathize express pity, testify pity; afford consolation, supply consolation; lament with; express sympathy for; feel grief in common with, feel sorrow in common with; share one's sorrow.
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