compassionate
[adjective]
Synonyms: sympathetic, benevolent, charitable, humane, humanitarian, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, tender-hearted, understanding

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Contrasted words: grim, implacable, merciless, relentless, unrelenting, adamant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, accept, endure, tolerate, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass over
Related Words: clement, forbearing, piteous, pitiful, grieve (over), regret, repine, lament, mourn, sorrow (for or over), deplore

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English Thesaurus: sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, carin

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

com‧pas‧sion‧ate /kəmˈpæʃənət, kəmˈpæʃənɪt/ adjective
feeling sympathy for people who are suffering:
a caring compassionate man
I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds.
One measure of a civilized and compassionate society is how well it treats its prison population.
—compassionately adverb

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compassionate
adj.
VERBS be, feel, sound
ADV. deeply, very a deeply compassionate man

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sympathetic kind to someone who is having problems:
My friends were very sympathetic when I lost my job.
Jill was a very sympathetic listener.
a sympathetic attitude
compassionate wanting to help people who are suffering or having problems:
The doctor was a compassionate man who always acted in his patients’ best interests.
understanding not getting angry with someone or criticizing them, because you can see that they have problems:
I have had a lot of time off work, but my boss is very understanding.
an understanding look
caring caring about other people’s feelings and wanting to help them:
I have very caring parents.
Most of the nurses are very caring.

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