SYMPATHIZE


Meaning of SYMPATHIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim-pə-ˌthīz ]

intransitive verb

( -thized ; -thiz·ing )

Date: 1600

1. : to be in keeping, accord, or harmony

2. : to react or respond in sympathy

3. : to share in suffering or grief : commiserate

sympathize with a friend in trouble

also : to express such sympathy

4. : to be in sympathy intellectually

sympathize with a proposal

• sym·pa·thiz·er noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.