Synonyms for sympathise
sym·pa·thise

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1. sympathize, sympathiseverb

   share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

   Synonyms:
   sympathize, empathise, commiserate, empathize, understand

2. commiserate, sympathize, sympathiseverb

   to feel or express sympathy or compassion

   Synonyms:
   sympathize, empathise, commiserate, empathize, understand

3. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understandverb

   be understanding of

   "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, realize, realise, commiserate, sympathize, understand, empathize, infer, read, empathise, interpret

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Sympathize With

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1. List of paraphrases for "sympathise":

   sympathize

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How to use sympathise in a sentence?

1. Stefan Lofven:

   Maybe it has been hard for us to accept that there are in our open society, right in our midst, people - Swedish citizens - who sympathise with the murderers in ISIL.

2. Thomas Fuller:

   I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

3. Mohamed Yassin:

   They sympathise with us, because we were the lifeline for Somalis in the last 20 years.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

5. Stefan Lofven:

   Sweden has probably been naive, maybe it has been hard for us to accept that there are in our open society, right in our midst, people - Swedish citizens - who sympathise with the murderers in ISIL.