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- Dictionarycompassionate/kəmˈpaʃənət/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others: "I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds"
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COMPASSIONATE definition: 1. feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to…. Learn more.
The meaning of COMPASSIONATE is having or showing compassion : sympathetic. How to use compassionate in a sentence.
The meaning of COMPASSION is sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. How to use compassion in a sentence. What is the difference between empathy and compassion?
If you are compassionate, you feel other people's pain and struggles as though they were your own. Compassionate people are often moved to work to end the suffering of others, perhaps by feeding the hungry or educating the poor.
If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
COMPASSIONATE meaning: 1. feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to…. Learn more.
feeling or showing sympathy for people or animals who are suffering. Politicians are not usually regarded as warm or compassionate people. He was allowed to go home on compassionate grounds (= because he was suffering). Definition of compassionate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
