compassionate
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Synonyms & Antonyms for compassionate
Synonyms: Adjective
beneficent, benevolent, benignant, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted
Synonyms: Verb
ache (for), bleed (for), commiserate (with), condole (with), feel (for), pity, sympathize (with), yearn (over)
Antonyms: Adjective
atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton
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Examples of compassionate in a Sentence
Adjective
a compassionate person by nature a compassionate smile made the refugees feel a little betterVerb
a gentle soul who could compassionate even the most reprobate of scoundrels and villains
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Joey's family would like to thank the Nurses and Staff of the Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center and Home Hospice for their professional and compassionate care. — courant.com, "Joseph J. Parker," 4 Sep. 2019 Rooney, who before purchasing the franchise played semipro baseball and was an amateur boxing champion, forged a reputation as humble, compassionate and fatherly. — The Si Staff, SI.com, "100 Figures Who Shaped the NFL’s First Century," 28 Aug. 2019 Accordingly, the embrace of a more conscious or compassionate form of capitalism has been introduced by some corporate leaders as a fresh idea, designed to appeal to a new era and a new generation. — Lila Maclellan, Quartz at Work, "Responsible capitalism is not a form of millennial pandering," 24 Aug. 2019 With the assistance of their caregiver, seniors will fill out a questionnaire about their interests, and will then be matched with a compassionate caller. — Houston Chronicle, "Companion Matters provides conversation to seniors," 16 Aug. 2019 Patients of all ages who’d been diagnosed were given one of four treatments that experts at the World Health Organization approved for compassionate use. — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, "Researchers Have Finally Found an Effective Treatment for Ebola," 14 Aug. 2019 Please be kind and compassionate and sensitive and respectful. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Camila Cabello Asks Fans to Stop Adding "More Pain to Pain" Following Her Reported Breakup with Matthew Hussey," 27 June 2019 Last year, Monitor staff writer Christa Case Bryant reported on a city in West Virginia that cut its opioid overdose rate in half, thanks to compassionate outreach for those struggling with addiction. — The Christian Science Monitor, "To clear the air, go underground," 13 June 2019 Power Moves: You’re arguably the zodiac’s most compassionate operator, with a cosmic capacity to feel into every heartbeat and sensitivity that’s unparalleled. — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, "Weekly Horoscopes June 25-July 1," 23 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
At age 49, the Juilliard graduate, who can easily transform from menacing mob boss to compassionate father with a mere expression change, is having the kind of year an actor can only dream about. — Nicole Sperling, HWD, "Michael Stuhlbarg Is This Awards Season’s Most Valuable Player," 12 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'compassionate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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