sympathize

verb9 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.8

A common and slightly more informal way to express strong sympathy.

Indicates a strong and profound sense of sympathy.

Used to express total understanding and agreement with someone's feelings.

Similar to 'completely', emphasizes the completeness of the sympathy.

The most common structure, used to indicate the person or thing that is the object of sympathy.

Used to express that one is able to understand and share someone's feelings.

A strong way of saying that one feels sympathy despite potential reasons not to.

Indicates that the reasons for sympathy are clear and understandable.

Indicates that it is difficult to feel or express sympathy, perhaps due to the circumstances.