Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #687 of 1319

sympathy (n.)

feeling of pity

Examples

  • She felt sympathy.

Key rules

  • Sympathy is feeling pity or understanding for someone's trouble
  • Feel sympathy, show sympathy for
  • Sympathy is uncountable
💡 Tip: Expressing sorrow // Condolences // Describing kindness
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