Sympathy ¹

Definition: Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow-feeling.

Sympathy ²

Definition: An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them.

Sympathy ³

Definition: Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Sympathy ⁴

Definition: The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.

Sympathy ⁵

Definition: That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria.

Sympathy ⁶

Definition: A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron.

Sympathy ⁷

Definition: Similarity of function, use office, or the like.

sympathy ⁸

Definition: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

sympathy ⁹

Definition: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

sympathy ¹⁰

Definition: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"