empathy (noun)
11empathy — [ˈempəθi] noun [U] the ability to understand how someone else feels …
12empathy — /ˈɛmpəθi / (say empuhthee) noun mental entering into the feeling or spirit of a person or thing; appreciative perception or understanding. {Greek empatheia. Compare German Einfühlung, literally, infeeling} –empathic /ɛmˈpæθɪk/ (say em pathik),… …
13fellow feeling — noun sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sympathy • Derivationally related forms: ↑sympathetic (for: ↑sympathy), ↑sympathize ( …
14empathetic — empathy ► NOUN ▪ the ability to empathize. DERIVATIVES empathetic adjective empathic adjective. ORIGIN Greek empatheia, from pathos feeling …
15empathic — empathy ► NOUN ▪ the ability to empathize. DERIVATIVES empathetic adjective empathic adjective. ORIGIN Greek empatheia, from pathos feeling …
16List of Merriam–Webster's Words of the Year — Merriam Webster s Words of the Year, a list published annually by the American dictionary publishing company Merriam Webster, features the ten words of the year from the English language. This list started in 2003, and is published at the end of… …
17sympathy — noun (plural sympathies) 1》 feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else s misfortune. ↘(one s sympathies) condolences. 2》 understanding between people; common feeling. ↘a favourable attitude. ↘(in sympathy) relating harmoniously to… …
18sympathy — noun 1) he shows sympathy for the poor Syn: compassion, caring, concern, solicitude, empathy; commiseration, pity, condolence, comfort, solace, support, encouragement; consideration, kindness Ant …
19cold comfort — noun very limited consolation or empathy he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me • Hypernyms: ↑consolation, ↑solace, ↑solacement * * * noun : scant consolation : quite limited sympathy or encouragement * * * slight… …
20-pathy — noun combining form Etymology: Latin pathia, from Greek patheia, from pathēs suffering, from pathos 1. feeling ; suffering < empathy > ; perception < telepathy > 2. disorder of (such) a part or kind < neuropathy > …
