NOUN | feeling | compassion, compassionateness | a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering |
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attribute | compassion, pity | the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it |
Sounds | kahmpae'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. | |
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Synonym | compassionateness | |
Narrower | heartstrings | Your deepest feelings of love and compassion |
mellowness | kindheartedness through maturity or old age | |
mercifulness, mercy | The feeling that motivates compassion | |
tenderness, tenderheartedness | warm / warm compassionate feelings | |
Broader | sympathy, fellow feeling | Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
Spanish | compasión, piedad | |
Catalan | compassió | |
Adjectives | compassionate | showing or having compassion / compassion |
Verbs | compassionate | share the suffering of |
Meaning | The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. | |
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Synonym | pity | |
Broader | mercifulness, mercy | A disposition to be kind and forgiving |
Spanish | compasión, misericordia, piedad | |
Catalan | compassió, pietat | |
Adjectives | compassionate | showing or having compassion / compassion |
Verbs | compassionate | share the suffering of |
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