Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
Attracting the liking of others. (of a person
Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
A sympathetic nerve.
Mid 17th century in the sense “relating to an affinity or paranormal influence”, from Latin sympathēticus. By surface analysis, sympathy + -etic (“pertaining to”); compare pathetic. Displaced native O...
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