Sympathetic word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "sympathetic" word
[adjective] relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
[adjective] showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
[adjective] (physiology; anatomy) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
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(a) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See {Sympathy}.
(b) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber. {Sympathetic ink}. (Chem.) See under {Ink}. {Sympathetic nerve} (Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially, the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic system. {Sympathetic powder} (Alchemy), a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the bloody clothes. --Dunglison. {Sympathetic sounds} (Physics), sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid. {Sympathetic system} (Anat.), a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and nerve plexuses.
Synonyms for sympathetic
agreeable, appealing, charitable, commiserative, compatible, congenial, empathetic, empathic, harmonic, harmonious, kind, kindly, likable, likeable
Antonyms: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic
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Let's analyse "sympathetic" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 27.3% of vowels is 11.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: CITEHTAPMYS. Average typing speed for these characters is 2975 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
sympathetic: 1 + 5 + 9 = 15, reduced: 6 (or 22 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six. |
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