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SYMPATHIZE WITH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Share the suffering of

Synonyms:

compassionate; condole with; feel for; pity; sympathize with

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "sympathize with" is one way to...):

grieve; sorrow (feel grief)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sympathize with"):

commiserate; sympathise; sympathize (to feel or express sympathy or compassion)

care (feel concern or interest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot sympathize with Sue

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