Compassionate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  compassionate
       adj 1: showing merciful compassion; "sparing the child's mother was
              a compassionate act"
       2: showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and
          compassionate voices of women" [ant: {uncompassionate}]
       3: showing recognition of unusually distressful circumstances;
          "compassionate leave"; "considered for a compassionate
          discharge because of domestic difficulties"
       v : share the suffering of [syn: {feel for}, {pity}, {condole
           with}, {sympathize with}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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