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• a  of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
  sympathetic neurons
  sympathetic stimulation
• a  expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
  sympathetic to the students' cause
  a sympathetic observer
  a sympathetic gesture
• s  showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  sympathetic words
• a  (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
  the sympathetic characters in the play
• s  having similar disposition and tastes
  with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion
• s  relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
  sympathetic vibration

• That Bill Clinton acting out and saying crazy things reminded people that they were once sympathetic to his wife? That her debate performance was mocked by the pundits but loved by .
• Since arriving in Washington in 1987, Land has cultivated dozens of sympathetic members of Congress.
• For five years he sought legal approval to have someone help him, preferably his local doctor, Carlos Peon Fernandez, a sympathetic man who regards life as "private property" but .

• charitable
• benevolent
• kindly
• good-hearted
• openhearted
• large-hearted
• appealing
• likeable
• likable
• harmonic

• unsympathetic

News & Articles

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• Indonesia's Forest Fires Sting Singapore As Smog Turns Hazardous
  Living in Beijing, I know well how smog blights daily life. I'm sympathetic to Singapore's plight on a day when air quality plunged to new lows (or highs), the result of clear-cut forest fires across the strait in Indonesia, which has been dragged into a war of words with its neighbour. Stinging air pollution is a drag on tourism in Singapore and southern Malaysia and a turn-off for foreign ...
  June 21, 2013 - Forbes
• RP city council really mangles crisis label
  NOBODY ASKED ME IF my pocket-handkerchief was sodden with sympathetic tears while watching Rohnert Park’s City Council approve a new...
  June 21, 2013 - The Community Voice
• Robert Downey Jr. Is Not as Charmed by Bumbling British Interviewers as Mila Kunis
  (Photo: Getty Images) A couple months ago, a nervous, awkward lad sat down with Mila Kunis to talk Oz and came away with gold. He won Kunis over with his naiveté, stories of his mates Chango the Beast and The Convict, and sputtering questions that were more like requests to hang out. She treated him like a lost child in need of sympathetic nurturing and broad strokes of encouragement. It made ...
  June 21, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in Washington Post
  If the people who are leading the struggle out here believe that there is a need for some additional help to sustain the success that we've had, I'm going to be very sympathetic to that kind of a request,Gates said.
• President Bush in CNN
  Your government has been very attentive, very sympathetic, and I appreciate that a lot,Bush told Chinese President Hu Jintao before they met for private talks at the presidential compound.
• Kent Desormeaux in San Diego Union Tribune
  This horse (Big Brown) showed you his heart and Eight Belles showed you her life today, I'm deeply sympathetic towards that team,said winning jockey Kent Desormeaux.