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compassionate definition
compassionate |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb compassionate 1 sense of compassionate Sense 1 feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with => commiserate, sympathize => care Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb compassionate 1 sense of compassionate Sense 1 feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with => commiserate, sympathize => condole => care Entailment of verb compassionate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb compassionate 1 sense of compassionate Sense 1 feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with => grieve, sorrow Familiarity of verb compassionate compassionate used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb compassionate Sense 1 feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with => grieve, sorrow -------------- Grep of noun compassionate compassionate leave compassionateness Overview of verb compassionate The verb compassionate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with -- (share the suffering of) Overview of adj compassionate The adj compassionate has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) compassionate -- (showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act") 2. compassionate -- (showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women") 3. compassionate -- (showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances; "compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate discharge because of domestic difficulties") Antonyms of adj compassionate 3 senses of compassionate Sense 1 compassionate INDIRECT (VIA merciful) -> merciless, unmerciful Sense 2 compassionate (vs. uncompassionate) uncompassionate (vs. compassionate) => hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling Sense 3 compassionate INDIRECT (VIA humane) -> inhumane Similarity of adj compassionate 3 senses of compassionate Sense 1 compassionate => merciful (vs. merciless) Sense 2 compassionate (vs. uncompassionate) => caring => nurturant => tenderhearted => pitying, sorry, sorry for(prenominal) Also See-> merciful#1; sympathetic#2 Sense 3 compassionate => humane (vs. inhumane) Attributes of adj compassionate Familiarity of adj compassionate compassionate used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj compassionate compassionate uncompassionate Overview of verb compassionate The verb compassionate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. feel for pity, compassionate, condole with sympathize with -- (share the suffering of) Overview of adj compassionate The adj compassionate has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) compassionate -- (showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was a compassionate act") 2. compassionate -- (showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women") 3. compassionate -- (showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances; "compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate discharge because of domestic difficulties")
compassionate definition