fellow feeling

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fellow feeling

noun fellow feelings · fellow-feeling

uncountable, usually A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. But here my heart is wrung with pity and fellow feeling, when I reflect what miseries must have been their lot, and how bitterly so refined a people must have smarted, to have forced them upon the use of it.
Similar: empathy, sympathy, bowels, commiseration, compassion, fellow feeling, mercy, pity, remorse, rue, ruth, tenderheartedness

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@misc{fellow_feeling_2026,
  title = {fellow feeling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fellow%20feeling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}