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com·pas·sion·ate
(kəm-păsh′ə-nĭt)adj.
1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic.
2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances:compassionate military leave.
tr.v.(-nāt′)com·pas·sion·at·ed,com·pas·sion·at·ing,com·pas·sion·ates
To pity.
com·pas′sion·ate·ly adv.
com·pas′sion·ate·ness n.
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compassionate
(kəmˈpæʃənət)adj
1.showing or having compassion
2.compassionate leaveleave granted, esp to a serviceman, on the grounds of bereavement, family illness, etc
comˈpassionatelyadv
comˈpassionatenessn
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com•pas•sion•ate
(adj. kəmˈpæʃ ə nɪt;v. -ˌneɪt)adj.,v.-at•ed, -at•ing.adj.
1. having or showing compassion; sympathetic: a compassionate letter.
2. granted in an emergency: compassionate military leave to attend a funeral.
v.t. 3. to have compassion for; pity.
[1580–90]
com•pas′sion•ate•ly,adv.
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Verb | 1. | compassionate - share the suffering of care - feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" |
Adj. | 1. | compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" sympathetic - expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" uncompassionate - lacking compassion or feeling for others; "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare |
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compassionate
adjectivesympathetic,kindly,understanding,tender,pitying,humanitarian,charitable,humane,indulgent,benevolent,lenient,merciful,kind-hearted,tender-heartedMy father was a deeply compassionate man.
harsh,callous,heartless,unsympathetic,uncaring,inhumane,pitiless,unfeeling,unmerciful
harsh,callous,heartless,unsympathetic,uncaring,inhumane,pitiless,unfeeling,unmerciful
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compassionate
adjective1.Feeling or expressing pity:
2.Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering:
To experience or express compassion:
Idioms:be sorry, have pity.
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Translations
شَفيق، مُشْفِق
soucitný
medfølende
samúîarfullur
merhametlişefkatli
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
compassionate
[kəmˈpæʃənət]adj (=sympathetic, understanding) [person] →compatissant(e)
on compassionate grounds →pourraisons personnelles, pourraisons defamillecompassionate leaven →congémexceptionnel (pour raisons de famille)
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compassionate
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compassion
(kəmˈpӕʃən) noun sorrow or pity for the sufferings of another person. deernis, medelye, meegevoel شَفَقَه، حُنُو съчуствие compaixão slitování, soucit das Mitleid medfølelse; medlidenhedσυμπόνιαcompasión kaastunne ترحم؛ دلسوزی myötätuntocompassionחמלה अनुकंपा, दया sućut, samilost, sažaljenje szánalom belas kasihan samúðcompassione 同情 측은한 마음 gailestis, užuojauta līdzjūtība belas kasihanmedelevenmedlidenhet,medynk,barmhjertighetlitość زړسوى، خواخوږى، رحكم، همدردىcompaixão compasiuneсострадание súcit sočutje saosećanje medlidande ความเห็นใจacıma,merhamet 同情(心),憐憫 жалість, співчуття ہمدردی ، ترس lòng thương 同情,怜悯
comˈpassionate (-nət) adjective barmhartig, medelydend شَفيق، مُشْفِق съчуствен compassivo soucitnýmitleidsvoll medfølendeσυμπονετικόςcompasivo kaastundlik دلسوز؛ ترحم آمیز myötätuntoinencompatissant רַחֲמָנִי करुणामय sućutan, samilostan, sažalan könyörületes kasihan, iba samúðarfullurcompassionevole あわれみ深い 인정많은 gailestingas līdzjūtīgs perasaan belas kasihanmedelevendmedfølende,medlidende,barmhjertig litościwy زړه سوز compassivo plin de compasiune сострадательный súcitný sočuten saosećajnost medlidsam, barmhärtig ที่รู้สึกเห็นใจ merhametli,şefkatli 有同情心的 жалісливий; співчутливий رحم دل ، ترس کھانے والا động lòng thương有同情心的
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compassionate
adj compasivo;— use (pharm) uso compasivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Poor bruised and bleeding creature," said thecompassionate Traveller, "what misfortune caused you to be so far away from the source of power?"
As he had acompassionate heart he pulled out his needle and thread, and sewed her together.
The patriarch sent me to expostulate the matter with the King, which I did in very warm terms, telling him that we were assured by the Emperor of a reception in this country far different from what we met with, which assurances he had confirmed by his promise and the civilities we were entertained with at our first arrival; but that instead of friends who wouldcompassionate our miseries, and supply our necessities, we found ourselves in the midst of mortal enemies that wanted to destroy us.
Are mostly hard of heart; not so am I; For mine is tender, soft,compassionate, And its delight is doing good to all.
There was one other event in the memorable past on which he preserved the samecompassionate silence.
If he becompassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble tree, that is wounded itself, when it gives the balm.
My good mother did all that the mostcompassionate kindness could do (in her position) to comfort me.
On hearing himself addressed as your Excellency, the Director of the Marionette Theater sat up very straight in his chair, stroked his long beard, and becoming suddenly kind andcompassionate, smiled proudly as he said to Pinocchio:
Mrs Deborah approved all these sentiments, and the dialogue concluded with a general and bitter invective against beauty, and with manycompassionate considerations for all honest plain girls who are deluded by the wicked arts of deceitful men.
Ladislaw at Lowick, and Miss Noble made many smallcompassionate mewings.
Lady Lydiard closed the door again, with acompassionate sigh for Tommie, and walked slowly to and fro in her spacious drawing-room, waiting for the steward's return.
But, since the legislative act of 1850, when she heard, with perfect surprise and consternation, Christian and humane people actually recommending the remanding escaped fugitives into slavery, as a duty binding on good citizens,--when she heard, on all hands, from kind,compassionate and estimable people, in the free states of the North, deliberations and discussions as to what Christian duty could be on this head,--she could only think, These men and Christians cannot know what slavery is; if they did, such a question could never be open for discussion.
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