a strong feeling of sympathy for people or animals who are suffering and a desire to help them. Extra Examples He was filled with overwhelming love and ...

1. having or showing compassion : sympathetic; a compassionate friend; a compassionate smile. 2. granted because of unusual distressing circumstances affecting ...

a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them.

a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them to feel/show compassion She was known as a hard woman with no compassion ...

compassion. Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it. Synonyms:

adjective having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter. Synonyms: tender, sympathetic, pitying granted in an emergency.

The feeling or emotion, when a person is moved by the suffering or distress of another, and by the desire to relieve it; pity that inclines one to spare or ...

compassion. noun. com·​pas·​sion kəm-ˈpash-ən. : sorrow or pity caused by the suffering or misfortune of another along with a desire to ease it. compassionate.

noun. a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Synonyms: ...