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Sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
Sympathetic definitions
adjective
sympathetic
- feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy
"she was sympathetic towards staff with family problems"
- showing approval of or favour towards an idea or action
"he was sympathetic to evolutionary ideas"
- (of a person) attracting the liking of others
"Hubbell is a more sympathetic character"
- (of a structure) designed in a sensitive or appropriate way
"buildings that were sympathetic to their surroundings"
- relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves
- relating to, producing, or denoting an effect that arises in response to a similar action elsewhere