Meaning of COMPASSIONATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]kum'pashunit, [v]kum'pashu`neyt, kum'pashunut
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- [adj] showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
- [adj] showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances; "compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate discharge because of domestic difficulties"
- [adj] showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"
- [v] share the suffering of
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| | Synonyms: | | caring, condole with, feel for, humane, nurturant, pity, pitying, sorry, sorry for(p), sympathize with, tenderhearted |
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| | Antonyms: | | uncompassionate | | |
| | See Also: | | care, commiserate, grieve, merciful, sorrow, sympathetic, sympathise, sympathize | |
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\Com*pas"sion*ate\, a.
1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic;
merciful.
There never was any heart truly great and generous,
that was not also tender and compassionate. --South.
2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] --Shak.
Syn: Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful.
\Com*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.]
To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to
sympathize with.
Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | accepting, ache, affectionate, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, Christian, Christlike, Christly, clement, commiserate, commiserative, condolent, decent, deplore, easy, easygoing, feel for, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal, gentle, good, gracious, grieve over, human, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lament, lax, lenient, loving, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, mourn, nice, patient, piteous, pitiful, pity, pitying, regret, repine, responsive, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathize with, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
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