About The Word Compassionate
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Compassionate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Compassionate?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Compassionate: caring | condole with | feel for | humane | nurturant | pity | pitying | sorry | sorry for(p) | sympathize with | tenderhearted Related Terms | Find terms related to Compassionate: 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 See Also | care | commiserate | grieve | merciful | sorrow | sympathetic | sympathise | sympathize Compassionate In Webster's Dictionary \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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