compassionate
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compassionate
- /kəmˈpæʃənət/ UK
- /kəmˈpæʃəneɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“to feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.
adjective more compassionate · most compassionate
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Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
Similar: empathetic, sympathetic, ruthful
- Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family. compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
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Inviting or asking for pity.
It boots thee not to be compassionate:
After our sentence plaining comes too late.
Similar: piteous, pitiable, ruthful, compassionate, pathetic, pathetisad, pitiful, pitisome, sad, poor, rueful, snivelly
verb compassionates · compassionating · compassionated
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To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
[…] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them.
Similar: pity, feel sorry for, commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel someone's pain, mercify, rue, take pity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: humane, tenderhearted, caring, feel for, merciful, sorry, pity, pitying, condole with, sorry for, sympathize with, sympathy, sympathetic, compassion, kind-hearted, benign
Translations
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adj having, feeling or showing compassion
| Español | compasivo |
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| 中文 | 有爱心 yǒuàixīn |
| Français | compatissant |
| Deutsch | mitfühlend, teilnahmsvoll, anteilnehmend, mitleidvoll, mitleidsvoll, mitleidend |
| Italiano | compassionevole |
| Ελληνικά | συμπονετικός symponetikós, σπλαχνικός splachnikós |
| Русский | сострада́ющий sostradájuščij, сочу́вствующий sočúvstvujuščij |
| العربية | شَفَقَة šafaqa |
| עברית | רַחֲמָן rakhamán, רַחוּם rakhúm |
adj given to someone because of a family emergency
| Deutsch | aus familiären Gründen, barmherzig |
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adj inviting pity; pitiable
| Deutsch | erbarmungswürdig, erbarmenswert, Mitleid erregend, bedauernswert |
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verb to feel compassion for
| Deutsch | bemitleiden |
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| Русский | сострада́ть sostradátʹ, сочу́вствовать sočúvstvovatʹ |
Talk about this word "compassionate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/compassionate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. compassionate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/compassionate "compassionate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/compassionate.Cite this
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title = {compassionate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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