Talk:sympathy

Several definitions
This word has several definitions (5 in the Compact Oxford English dictionary).

I have changed "emotional response" to "feeling of pity or sorrow", which at least excludes anger, but doesn't cover all meanings. Pol098 20:35, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

antonym of contempt?
I don't think contempt is an antonym of any definition we have. Definition #2 seems to be that of empathy (but perhaps it is used that way) and the third definition says "A mutual relationship" which I'm not sure is right, but perhaps it is. Permanent link. Renard Migrant (talk) 14:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * What about ? —CodeCat 14:47, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

sens3
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Between shit and syphilis
There's an unsympathetic dismissal along the lines of "if you're looking for sympathy, it's between shit and syphilis in the dictionary" &mdash; but it's phrased in many different ways. I wonder if there's any way to form that into an entry, vaguely along the lines of. Equinox ◑ 13:27, 21 September 2019 (UTC)


 * No form is particularly common on its own, so I'm just going to create . Equinox ◑ 15:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Is Sympathy a girl's name?
It occurs in John Betjeman's quirky poem Group Life: Letchworth ("Sympathy is stencilling / Her decorative leatherwork"), but I don't know whether it's been used in reality. Equinox ◑ 15:08, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Agreement 2. Allegiance or loyalty
Agreement or harmony with something or somebody else A plan in sympathy with our wishes 2. Allegiance or loyalty to a group or cause (often used in the plural) Nationalist sympathies --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:07, 1 October 2020 (UTC)