1. sympathy
His helplessness appeals to her motherly sympathy.
You often find that sympathy turns into love.
When his wife died, he received dozens of letters of sympathy.
Spare me the sympathy.
There is little sympathy in the letter.
It is no use being a writer if one is not in sympathy with the world in which one is living.
The man was devoid of such human feelings as sympathy.
The mother was shocked and was at once all sympathy.
Sympathy is a feeling characteristic of mankind.
They are a nice couple; they are always in sympathy with each other.
some come out in sympathy
if you feel sympathy for someone, you feel sorry for them because they are sad or in a bad situation
Everyone talks to her about their problems because she is such a sympathetic listener / I don't feel much sympathy for people who get speeding tickets
The seamen went on strike in sympathy with the dockers.
His misfortune gained him sympathy.