to compassionate

Examples

• All

• She showed her compassionate nature by volunteering at the homeless shelter.

• For Hugh, the necessity of compassionating the suffering of others is itself, like suffering, part of the penalty inflicted on fallen human beings: "to suffer and to co-suffer are both punishments."

  Academic text (2008)

• And by this he has made me more compassionate with him.

• "Earlier, he had spoken of tender pity as 'pertaining to true humanity.' Here, he elaborates: For that tender pity is called humanity, and they are called human who pity tenderly and who readily compassionate the miseries of others.

  Academic text (2008)

• When she heard about the disaster, she felt compassionate and immediately donated to the relief fund.

Synonyms

P

to pity

vsto compassionate

104 1.0

To feel sorry for someone who is suffering

focuses on outwardly showing sympathy rather than only feeling it

S

to sympathize

vsto compassionate

96 3.5

To feel or show care and understanding for someone who is unhappy

highlights outward showing of sympathy rather than only internal understanding

S

to sympathize with

vsto compassionate

44 3.4

To feel sorry for someone and understand their pain

stresses outward showing of sympathy rather than only sharing or understanding

C

to commiserate

vsto compassionate

15 7.0

To feel or show sympathy for someone who is suffering

emphasizes showing sympathy to others rather than just feeling it privately

Compounds

C

compassionate leave

• Formal

1 3.5

Time away from work given so a worker can deal with a serious family illness or death

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology