sym|pa|thet|ic

sym|pa|thet|ic
sym|pa|thet|ic «SIHM puh THEHT ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. having or showing kind feelings toward others; sympathizing: »

She is an unselfish and sympathetic friend. ... an unusually tender and sympathetic audience (Dickens); a look of sympathetic concern (Fanny Burney).

SYNONYM(S): compassionate, commiserating, tender.
2. approving; agreeing: »

The teacher was sympathetic to the class's plan for a trip to the museum. When the third volume of Das Kapital came out, even economists sympathetic to Marx expressed disillusion and disappointment (Edmund Wilson).

3. enjoying the same things and getting along well together.
4. harmonious; agreeable: »

a sympathetic environment.

SYNONYM(S): congenial.
5. a) of or having to do with the sympathetic nervous system. b) of or having to do with the entire autonomic nervous system.
6. Physics. a) produced in one body by transmission of vibrations of the same frequency from another body: »

sympathetic vibrations.

b) produced by responsive vibrations induced in one body by transmission of vibrations of the same frequency through the air or other medium from another: »

The phenomena of resonance are examples of sympathetic sound.

–n.
1. a nerve of the sympathetic nervous system.
2. = sympathetic nervous system. (Cf.sympathetic nervous system)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • sym|pa|thet|i|cal|ly — «SIHM puh THEHT uh klee», adverb. in sympathetic manner; with kindness: »The doctor spoke sympathetically while he bandaged my leg. If one cannot be sure one knows enough to advise, it still is possible to listen…sympathetically (Harper s) …   Useful english dictionary

  • un´sym|pa|thet´i|cal|ly — un|sym|pa|thet|ic «UHN sihm puh THEHT ihk», adjective. not sympathetic; without sympathy. –un´sym|pa|thet´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|sym|pa|thet|ic — «UHN sihm puh THEHT ihk», adjective. not sympathetic; without sympathy. –un´sym|pa|thet´i|cal|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • par|a|sym|pa|thet|ic — «PAR uh SIHM puh THEHT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. of or having to do with the part of the autonomic nervous system that produces such involuntary responses as dilating blood vessels, increasing the activity of digestive and reproductive organs… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • thet — adre·no sym·pa·thet·ic; aes·thet·ic; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; aes·thet·i·cism; aes·thet·i·cize; aes·thet·ics; an·ti·pa·thet·ic; an·ti·thet·i·cal; an·ti·thet·i·cal·ly; ap·a·thet·ic; ap·a·thet·i·cal·ly; ba·thet·ic; coe·nes·thet·ic; cos·mo·thet·ic;… …   English syllables

  • un·sym·pa·thet·ic — …   Useful english dictionary

  • no-sym — adre·no sym·pa·thet·ic; …   English syllables

  • sympathetic — sym·pa·thet·ic …   English syllables

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