Sympathy | Mean of sympathy in English Dictionary

/ˈsɪmpəθi/

• Noun
• the feeling that you care about and are sorry about someone else's trouble, grief, misfortune, etc.
1. She went to her best friend for sympathy.
2. Letters of sympathy were sent to the families of the victims.
3. There is a lot of sympathy for the families of the victims.
4. I have no sympathy for her.
5. My deepest sympathies go out to the families of the victims.
6. Our sympathies are with them.
7. She has/feels a deep sympathy for the families of the victims.
• a feeling of support for something
1. He expressed sympathy for the rebels.
2. She has liberal/conservative sympathies.
3. Her sympathies are/lie with the rebels.
• a state in which different people share the same interests, opinions, goals, etc.
1. There was no sympathy between them.
2. He's not in sympathy with the other members of the group. = He's out of sympathy with the other members.
3. He seems to be in sympathy with our views. [=to agree with and support our views]