ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk adj. & n. --adj. 1
of,
showing, or expressing
sympathy. 2
due to sympathy. 3
likeable or
capable of evoking sympathy. 4 (of a person)
friendly and cooperative. 5 (foll. by to) inclined to
favour (a
proposal etc.) (was
most sympathetic to
the idea). 6 (of a
landscape etc.)
that touches the feelings by
association etc. 7 (of a
pain etc.) caused by a pain or
injury to
someone else or in
another part of the
body. 8 (of a
sound,
resonance, or string)
sounding by a
vibration communicated
from another vibrating
object. 9 a designating the part of the
nervous system consisting of nerves leaving the thoracic and
lumbar regions of the
spinal cord and connecting
with the
nerve cells in or
near the
viscera (see PARASYMPATHETIC). b (of a nerve or ganglion) belonging to
this system. --n. 1 a sympathetic nerve. 2 the sympathetic system. øsympathetic
magic a
type of magic that seeks to
achieve an
effect by performing an associated
action or using an associated
thing. øøsympathetically adv. [SYMPATHY,
after pathetic]
