un|sym|pa|thy

un|sym|pa|thy
un|sym|pa|thy «uhn SIHM puh thee», noun.
lack of sympathy.

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  • sym|pa|thy — «SIHM puh thee», noun, plural thies. 1. a sharing of another s sorrow or trouble: »We feel sympathy for a person who is ill. Sympathy…enables one to put himself in the place of his fellows and to understand them (Emory S. Bogardus). The dedicated …   Useful english dictionary

  • sym|pa|thiz|er — «SIHM puh THY zuhr», noun. a person who sympathizes with another; person who is favorably inclined toward a particular belief or person; person who feels sympathy: »The issue of whether he was a “sympathizer,” a “promoter” or a “follower” of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|sym|pa|thiz|ing — «uhn SIHM puh THY zihng», adjective. not sympathizing; unsympathetic …   Useful english dictionary

  • sympathy — sym•pa•thy [[t]ˈsɪm pə θi[/t]] n. pl. thies, adj. n. 1) harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another 2) the harmony of feeling existing between persons of like tastes or opinion or of …   From formal English to slang

  • sympathy — sym|pa|thy [ˈsımpəθi] n plural sympathies [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: sympathia, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathes sharing feelings, sympathetic , from syn ( SYN ) + pathos feelings ] 1.) [plural,U] the feeling of being sorry for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sympathy — sym|pa|thy [ sımpəθi ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing something very unpleasant: The movie describes, with considerable sympathy, the problems faced by economic… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sympathy — sym·pa·thy …   English syllables

  • pa — ac·com·pa·ni·er; ac·com·pa·ni·ment; ac·com·pa·nist; ac·com·pa·ny; aco·pa; adre·no sym·pa·thet·ic; af·ro·pa·vo; ag·pa·ite; ali·pa·ta; ama·pa; am·pa·la·ya; am·pa·ro; am·phi·car·pa; anas·pa·lin; an·tic·i·pa·tion; an·tic·i·pa·tive; an·tic·i·pa·tor;… …   English syllables

  • sympathy — 1. The mutual relation, physiologic or pathologic, between two organs, systems, or parts of the body. 2. Mental contagion, as seen in mass hysteria or in the yawning induced by seeing another person yawn. 3. An expressed sensitive appreciation or …   Medical dictionary

  • Dissympathy — Dis*sym pa*thy, n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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