sympathy
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, deep, genuine, great, heartfelt, real, strong▪ little, scant (esp. BrE)▪ general, popular (esp. BrE), public, widespread▪ human▪
a total lack of human sympathy
VERB + SYMPATHY▪ feel, find, have▪She seemed to feel some sympathy for the patients.
▪It's hard to find any sympathy for such an evil man.
▪ express, extend, give sb, offer (sb), show (sb)▪She expressed her deepest sympathy for him.
▪We extend our sympathy to the families of the victims.
▪She says I haven't given her enough sympathy.
▪ waste▪ demand, want▪I don't want your sympathy!
▪ look for▪I'm not looking for sympathy.
▪ deserve, need▪ arouse, attract, create, earn, elicit, engage, evoke, gain, generate, get, win▪Their plight aroused considerable public sympathy.
▪He didn't get much sympathy from anyone.
▪ loseSYMPATHY + VERB▪ go out to sb, lie with sb▪Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and family.
▪My sympathy lies with his wife.
PREPOSITION▪ in sympathy with▪Nurses came out on strike in sympathy with the doctors.
▪ out of sympathy▪She married him more out of sympathy than love.
▪ with sympathy▪Desmond eyed her anguished face with sympathy.
▪ sympathy for▪He has a total lack of sympathy for young people.
▪ sympathy to▪The government showed sympathy to their cause.
▪ sympathy towards/toward▪He acted with some sympathy towards/toward his victim.
▪ sympathy with▪She had every sympathy with him.
PHRASES▪ a feeling of sympathy, a pang of sympathy▪I felt a pang of sympathy for her.
▪ full of sympathy▪ a lack of sympathy▪ have every sympathy for sb (esp. BrE)▪ you, they, etc. have my sympathy
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