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| ache |
to feel pity, compassion, or sadness. [1/4 definitions] |
| brittle |
having or showing little warmth or compassion; cold. [1/4 definitions] |
| compassionate |
filled with compassion; consoling; sympathetic. |
| compassionless |
combined form of compassion. |
| feel sorry for |
to feel sympathy or compassion for (a person or animal). [1/2 definitions] |
| gracious |
having great compassion; merciful. [1/5 definitions] |
| have pity |
to feel sympathy or compassion for one who is suffering or in need, often leading one to engage in some act of mercy or kindness (usu. fol. by "on" or "for"). |
| heart |
sympathy, compassion, or love. [1/8 definitions] |
| heartless |
having or showing no pity or compassion; cruelly unfeeling. |
| humane |
showing compassion in treating one's fellow creatures; kind; merciful. [1/2 definitions] |
| humanity |
sympathy, concern, or compassion. [1/3 definitions] |
| inhumane |
lacking pity, compassion, or kindness; not humane. |
| insensate |
not having or showing compassion or other humane feelings. [1/3 definitions] |
| merciless |
showing no kindness or compassion; without mercy; cruel. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. [1/2 definitions] |
| pity |
compassion, sympathy, or unhappiness caused by another's pain, bad luck, or suffering. [3/4 definitions] |
| quarter |
compassion or mercy, esp. that of a conqueror. [1/15 definitions] |
| relentless |
without mercy or compassion; unyielding or stern. [1/2 definitions] |
| remorseless |
having or showing no mercy, compassion or remorse; pitiless. |
| ruthless |
without mercy or compassion; pitiless or cruel. |
| sympathize |
to feel or express compassion or tenderness for another, esp. one suffering sorrow or difficulty; give condolences to (often fol. by "with"). [1/3 definitions] |
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