What is "compassionate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does compassionate mean in English? Meaning of compassionate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "compassionate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "compassionate": share the suffering of

Verb

  • Meaning: share the suffering of
  • Synonyms: compassionate condole with feel for pity sympathize with
  • Hyponyms: care commiserate sympathise sympathize
  • Hypernyms: grieve sorrow
  • Meaning of "compassionate": showing or having compassion

    Adjective

  • Meaning: showing or having compassion
  • Example: heard the soft and compassionate voices of women
  • Synonyms: compassionate
  • Antonyms: uncompassionate
  • Similar: caring nurturant tenderhearted
  • Also see: humane merciful sympathetic
  • Adjective: Having, feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. South There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.South There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.Of a leave, given to someone because of a domestic emergency. compassionate leave(obsolete) Inviting pity; pitiable. (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  • Synonyms:

    sympathetic, benevolent, charitable, warm, merciful, humane, warmhearted, tender, forbearing, sparing, pitying, understanding, bleeding heart, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, piteous, responsive, softhearted, tenderhearted, commiserative, all heart, being big, going easy on, living with, old softie, soft shell,

    Antonyms:

    merciless, uncaring, unfeeling, unsympathetic, unfriendly, malevolent, unkind, cruel, intolerant, hateful, indifferent, tyrannous, cold, cool, mean, inhumane, hard, harsh,

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    compassionate in English: compassionate
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