sympathetic
Meaning of sympathetic
- Of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy
John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
- Relating to similarity
Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
- Relating to the sympathetic nervous system
Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine.
- Relating to sounds induced by vibrations conveyed through a fluid or gas from a body already in vibration.
- Of magic, a supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence.
Information about sympathetic
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of sympathetic is: sympathetics.
- Languages in which sympathetic is used:
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Hyphenation of sympathetic
sym-pa-thetic
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- sympathetic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
sympathetic synonyms
Meaning compatible:
Meaning charitable:
charitable, benevolent, kindly, openhearted
Meaning appealing:
Meaning harmonic:
sympathetic antonyms
Meaning :
unsympathetic, parasympathetic
Translation of sympathetic
- Spanish: agradable, simpático, simpática
- French: sympathique
- German: geistesverwandt
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