compassionate

compassionate
    adj 1: showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and
           compassionate voices of women" [ant: {uncompassionate}]
    v 1: share the suffering of [syn: {feel for}, {pity},
         {compassionate}, {condole with}, {sympathize with}]
    

Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, a.
   1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic;
      merciful.
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            There never was any heart truly great and generous,
            that was not also tender and compassionate. --South.
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   2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] --Shak.

   Syn: Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful.
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Compassionate \Com*pas"sion*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.]
   To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to
   sympathize with.
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         Compassionates my pains, and pities me.  --Addison.
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "compassionate":
      Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, ache, affectionate,
      benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, clement,
      commiserate, commiserative, condolent, decent, deplore, easy,
      easygoing, feel for, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal,
      gentle, good, gracious, grieve over, human, humane, kind,
      kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lament, lax, lenient, loving,
      melting, merciful, mild, moderate, mourn, nice, patient, piteous,
      pitiful, pity, pitying, regret, repine, responsive, ruthful, soft,
      softhearted, sympathetic, sympathize with, sympathizing, tender,
      tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted