Synonyms & Antonyms : Sympathy





Sympathy



( Noun )


I have some sympathy with their views.

Synonyms:

Kindness

Pity

Condolence

Commiseration

Tenderness

Harmony

Rapport

Warmth

Love

Fellow – feeling

Compassion

Contextual Examples:



We should show kindness to the downtrodden.

We should love our country and our countrymen as our brethren.

Fellow-feeling for our countrymen does not mean hatred for outsides or people of other countries. It implies universal brotherhood.

We should carry compassion for our subordinate, employees or the poorer brethren.



Antonyms:

Pitilessness

Cruelty

Hard – heartedness

Selfishness

Contextual Examples:



In Germany and Italy, patriotism reached its negative climax. It manifested itself through pitilessness on outsiders, non-citizens and Jews.

The Nazi Germans perpetrated untold cruelty on the Jews.

Italians under Mussolini manifested hard-heartedness towards the French neighbors and Africans.




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