sympathetic

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It's not the most sympathetic case, but certainly not the least.

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Quick take

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"

adjective

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"

adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sympathetic.

adjective

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"

adjective

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"

adjective

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"

adjective

(of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"

adjective

having similar disposition and tastes; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"

adjective

relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"

Example sentences

It's not the most sympathetic case, but certainly not the least.

" I recognize this may not be a sympathetic argument.

You know, I'm generally a fairly sympathetic guy. I've been screwed over enough times in my life to know how it feels, and to be able to feel for the next poor sod who gets screwed over in his turn.

I'm sympathetic to that claim, and I will not personally distribute any code that requires a private signing key.

He calls them up complaining that the Tesla lost half of its charge overnight and some sympathetic tech support describes it as a "software glitch.

> Couldn't they pick a more sympathetic guy to talk about"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels.

Generally sympathetic to this point of view, but Lockheed/Boeing actually started this war by publicly calling SpaceX's tech into question.

The article was amazingly sympathetic to Zynga's management.

Then again, I don't ride my bike every single day.> The fact that everyone cycles, or knows someone who does, means that drivers are more sympathetic to cyclists when they have to share space on the roads.

Even if you're not guilty of 99 of the 100 counts they bring against you, you're guilty of that one. Hello jail time!> do we have someone more sympathetic than a guy who looted his own companies and a serial killer to serve as an example of this kind of thing being done to genuinely innocent victimsThat's the government's take on things.

He was far enough from mainstream to be familiar, and even sympathetic to the 60s counterculture, but also cynical enough to embrace technology, rather than revolution, as a way forward.