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sympathy for the suffering of others in English:

1. compassion compassion


As the author claims, all the basic emotions, such as love, guilt, compassion, anger, are essential to living happily and healthily.
Did he feel any compassion for the victim of his crime
The Dalai Lama counsels the practice of compassion.
The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.
He steeled himself against compassion.
Compassion is entirely absent from his character.
Nothing is as important as compassion.
There is no room for compassion in this fight!.
They have no compassion for the community or the individual
We can always count on you for compassion and kindness.
I want to develop my compassion.
a little compassion
So, the real issue is: How do you tangibilitate compassion?
In an overworked doctor, feelings of compassion are soon lost.
Compassion is the basis of all morality.

2. sympathetic sympathetic


A good doctor is sympathetic to his patients.
Empathetic and sympathetic are similar words, but they’re not the same. While being empathetic means putting yourself easily and completely in another person’s shoes, being sympathetic means showing concern for someone when something bad happens to them.
You should talk to Kerry - she's very sympathetic.
She is very sympathetic.
I'm sympathetic to parents who are worried about what their children see on television.
You'd think his children would be more sympathetic TOWARDS him after all he's gone through.
He's sympathetic to our plan.
She tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.
The police officers were sympathetic but couldn't do anything.
He suffers from back trouble too, so he was very sympathetic about my problem.
I am sympathetic with people in Syria.
she was sympathetic towards staff with family problems / he spoke in a sympathetic tone / buildings that were sympathetic to their surroundings
The local police said they were always sympathetic to acts of goods citizenship.
Troy was sympathetic and pleasant, but he wasn't a good friend when he really mattered.
Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.