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- Dictionarycom·pas·sion·ate/kəmˈpaSHənət/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others: "I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds"
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Synonyms for COMPASSIONATE: benevolent, kind, humane, sympathetic, thoughtful, gentle, gracious, friendly; Antonyms of COMPASSIONATE: cruel, callous, brutal, heartless, vicious, savage, sadistic, unsympathetic.
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Synonyms for COMPASSION: sympathy, empathy, feeling, kindness, commiseration, regret, pity, generosity; Antonyms of COMPASSION: indifference, callousness, heartlessness, cruelty, insensitivity, hatred, unconcern, hard-heartedness
Synonyms and examples. gentle. She's so sweet and gentle with the children. mild. Her grandmother is such a kind, mild person. mild-mannered. He's a mild-mannered diplomat known for his measured responses to crisis. genteel. They're lovely, genteel people who sent flowers when her father passed away. wouldn't hurt a fly. informal.
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If you are compassionate, you feel other people's pain and struggles as though they were your own. Compassionate people are often moved to work to end the suffering of others, perhaps by feeding the hungry or educating the poor.
Synonyms of compassionate. 1. : having or showing compassion : sympathetic. a compassionate friend. a compassionate smile. 2. : granted because of unusual distressing circumstances affecting an individualused of some military privileges (such as leave) The soldier was granted compassionate leave following the death of his father.
Synonyms for compassion include empathy, sympathy, kindness, concern, tenderness, understanding, and care. These words describe different aspects of compassion, such as the ability to feel and understand another person's pain (empathy) or the desire to alleviate that pain (kindness).
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