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pity, sympathize with, condole with, feel for

v. share the suffering of

compassionate

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

pitying

adj. showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

concerned

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

gentle

adj. (tender)

kind, merciful

adj. characterized by mercy, and compassion: "compassionate toward disadvantaged people"; "kind to animals"; "a humane judge"

clement

adj. (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"

compassionate, pitying

adj. showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

soft

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"

gentle, compassionate

adj. (tender)

charitable

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

clement

adj. (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more clement judge reduced the sentence"

compassionate

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

soft

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"

gentle, compassionate

adj. (tender)

charitable

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

gracious, beneficent, benevolent

adj. doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history"

humane

adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

humane

adj. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

merciful

adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

good, benevolent

adj. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"

charitable

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

humanitarian, human-centered

adj. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"

reactive, responsive

adj. tending to react to a stimulus; "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft

soft

adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"

compassionate

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

compassionate, pitying

adj. showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act"

sensitive

adj. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

sympathetic

adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"

tender, caring, warm, fond, affectionate

adj. having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"

tender, sore, hurting, sensitive

adj. hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

feel, experience

v. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

merciful

adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

sympathetic

adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"

appealing, likable, likeable

adj. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"

empathic, empathetic

adj. showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor"

touching, sentimental

adj. given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

humanitarian, human-centered

adj. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"

painless

adj. with as little pain as possible; "a humane killing"

uncompassionate

adj. lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare

hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling

adj. devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch"

unmerciful, merciless

adj. having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"

unmerciful, merciless

adj. having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"

tough

adj. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"

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