adj inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
2. sympathetic ·adj produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
3. sympathetic ·adj produced by sympathy;
applied particularly to symptoms or affections. ·see sympathy.
4. sympathetic ·adj of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.