Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sympathize
Participle: sympathized
Gerund: sympathizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sympathize |
| you | sympathize |
| he;she;it | sympathizes |
| we | sympathize |
| you | sympathize |
| they | sympathize |
Perfect
| I | have sympathized |
| you | have sympathized |
| he;she;it | has sympathized |
| we | have sympathized |
| you | have sympathized |
| they | have sympathized |
Past
| I | sympathized |
| you | sympathized |
| he;she;it | sympathized |
| we | sympathized |
| you | sympathized |
| they | sympathized |
Pluperfect
| I | had sympathized |
| you | had sympathized |
| he;she;it | had sympathized |
| we | had sympathized |
| you | had sympathized |
| they | had sympathized |
Future
| I | will sympathize |
| you | will sympathize |
| he;she;it | will sympathize |
| we | will sympathize |
| you | will sympathize |
| they | will sympathize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sympathized |
| you | will have sympathized |
| he;she;it | will have sympathized |
| we | will have sympathized |
| you | will have sympathized |
| they | will have sympathized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sympathize |
| you | sympathize |
| he;she;it | sympathize |
| we | sympathize |
| you | sympathize |
| they | sympathize |
Perfect
| I | have sympathized |
| you | have sympathized |
| he;she;it | have sympathized |
| we | have sympathized |
| you | have sympathized |
| they | have sympathized |
Imperfect
| I | sympathized |
| you | sympathized |
| he;she;it | sympathized |
| we | sympathized |
| you | sympathized |
| they | sympathized |
Pluperfect
| I | had sympathized |
| you | had sympathized |
| he;she;it | had sympathized |
| we | had sympathized |
| you | had sympathized |
| they | had sympathized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sympathize |
| you | would sympathize |
| he;she;it | would sympathize |
| we | would sympathize |
| you | would sympathize |
| they | would sympathize |
Perfect
| I | would have sympathized |
| you | would have sympathized |
| he;she;it | would have sympathized |
| we | would have sympathized |
| you | would have sympathized |
| they | would have sympathized |
Imperative
| you | sympathize |
| we | Let's sympathize |
| you | sympathize |
Verbs conjugated like 'sympathize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sympathize'
sympathise,
empathize,
empathise,
somatize,
symmetrize,
symphonize,
symptomize,
tympanize,
antipathize,
hepatize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ize. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwian (literally “to suffer with or together”). See: French '
sympathiser'.
Sample Sentences
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“ St. Clare did not shed a tear, ” she said; “ he didn't sympathize with her; it was perfectly wonderful to think how hard-hearted and unfeeling he was, when he must know how she suffered. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] earnestly. He did not understand the words, of course; but the music and manner of singing appeared to affect him strongly, especially when St. Clare sang the more pathetic parts. Tom would have sympathized more heartily, if he had known the meaning of the beautiful words: —
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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George was heartily disposed to sympathize with any one who had escaped from Legree's plantation,—a place that he could not remember or speak of with patience,—and, with the courageous disregard of consequences which is characteristic of his [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] empty cradle, that silent nursery,—I beseech you, pity those mothers that are constantly made childless by the American slave-trade ! And say, mothers of America, is this a thing to be defended, sympathized with, passed over in silence ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)