sympathies

Definition of sympathies in English English dictionary: Plural of sympathy
sympathy: The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy
sympathy: A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition
'Sympathy' likened anything to anything else in universal attraction, e.g. the fate of men to the course of the planets.
sympathy: {n} a fellow-felling, compassion
extend one's sympathies: Express sympathy to someone, tell someone that you are sorry about a misfortune
sympathy: If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them. I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever I wanted to express my sympathies on your resignation
Sympathy: consent
Sympathy: understanding
sympathy: That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself
sympathy: If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated
sympathy: The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain
sympathy: An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them
sympathy: Similarity of function, use office, or the like
sympathy: Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion
sympathy: A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron
sympathy: This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria
sympathy: The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain
sympathy: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"
sympathy: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
sympathy: A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion
sympathy: The influence of a certain psychological state in one person in producing a like state in another
sympathy: A mutual relationship between organs such that a condition of one part causes an effect in the other
sympathy: If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. I have some sympathy with this point of view Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause She has frequently expressed Republican sympathies
sympathy: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
sympathy: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy
sympathy: A mutual relationship between people such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition
sympathy: {i} affinity, understanding; compassion, pity, concern, commiseration, empathy; approval
sympathy: Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow- feeling