to sympathize with

Examples

• All

• The question I started with was whether other readers would sympathize with Ned, in spite of his cowardice.

  Academic text (2010)

• I sympathize with your problem, but I have my own right now.

  Motorpsycho! (1965)

• You have to sympathize with the way this young man grew up.

  The Pivot Podcast

• Should I say that I sympathize with you?

  To the New Girl (2020)

• As a woman, I sympathize with you.

  Sarah's Choice (2009)

• One cannot but sympathize with these teachers who work outside their villages and towns.

  Academic text (1994)

• I sympathize with you, Hector.

  Blades of Glory (2007)

• We all sympathize with your ordeal, Dr. Widmark, but if you just sort of... - I just never saw anybody die before.

  The Outsider (1997)

• I have learned my lesson and I truly sympathize with the hundreds of thousands who have been gravely ill or lost their lives from this pandemic.

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• I completely sympathize with your situation after hearing your story.

Synonyms

F

to feel bad for

vsto sympathize with

108 2.8

Be sorry for someone who is unhappy or for something you did wrong

centres on shared understanding of suffering rather than feeling guilty or remorseful

P

to pity

vsto sympathize with

104 1.0

To feel sorry for someone who is suffering

involves sharing or understanding feelings more closely than distant compassion

S

to sympathize

vsto sympathize with

96 3.5

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

focuses more on understanding or sharing feelings rather than on outward expression

F

to feel for

vsto sympathize with

83 3.0

Have sympathy for someone who is suffering

emphasizes shared understanding rather than only feeling pity or distance

E

to empathize

vsto sympathize with

• US

48 4.9

To understand and share another person's feelings by imagining what they feel

is about sharing or understanding feelings in general rather than deep immersion

C

to commiserate

vsto sympathize with

15 7.0

To feel or show sympathy for someone who is suffering

leans toward sharing feelings rather than simply offering words of comfort

F

to feel someone's pain

vsto sympathize with

1 5.5

To understand and share someone's sadness when they are having a hard time

covers sharing or understanding feelings but not always intense personal feeling

C

to condole with

vsto sympathize with

• Formal

6.8

To express sympathy to someone for a death or loss

is about sharing or understanding feelings rather than making a formal expression

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

D

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

How Sympathetic

to comfort

172 1.0

to commiserate

15 7.0

to sympathize with

44 3.4

to feel for

83 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology