compassionate (kəmˈpæʃənət)
adjective · Intermediate · Adjectives
🔊 kəmˈpæʃənət
Meaning
Meaning: feeling sympathy for others
Showing concern and kindness for those who suffer.
Examples
🗣 The compassionate doctor comforted every patient.
Etymology
From ‘compassion’, from Latin ‘compati’ meaning ‘to suffer with’.
How & Where It’s Used
Describes deeply caring, sympathetic people.
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Tags: character, virtue