Tra từ sympathetic - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sym·pa·thet·ic BrE [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk] NAmE [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk] adjective
1. ~ (to/towards sb) kind to sb who is hurt or sad; showing that you understand and care about their problems
•a sympathetic listener
• I did not feel at all sympathetic towards Kate.
• I'm here if you need a sympathetic ear (= sb to talk to about your problems).
•a sympathetic response
•She was very sympathetic when I was sick.
2. ~ (to/towards sb/sth) showing that you approve of sb/sth or that you share their views and are willing to support them
•to be sympathetic to the party's aims
• Russian newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president.
3. (of a person)easy to like
•a sympathetic character in a novel
• I don't find her a very sympathetic person. This meaning is not very common and you should use likeable or pleasant instead.
Opp: ↑unsympathetic
Derived Word: ↑sympathetically

Word Origin:
[sympathetic sympathetically] mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to an affinity or paranormal influence’): from ↑sympathy, on the pattern of pathetic.

Example Bank:
•He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.
•He'd written a not entirely sympathetic article in the ‘Globe’.
•Her aggressive attitude makes me less sympathetic to her plight.
•Her attitude to my situation was less than sympathetic.
•I did not feel sympathetic towards them.
•I found the doctors quite sympathetic.
•My boss is being very sympathetic about my problems.
•She made suitably sympathetic noises down the phone.
•The character's faults actually make him more sympathetic.
•The government is broadly sympathetic to our ideas.
•They were extremely sympathetic to my plight.
•a patient and deeply sympathetic man
•He was a sympathetic and supportive husband.
•I'm here if you need a sympathetic ear.
•The helpline provides a sympathetic listener on the end of the phone.
•a sympathetic friend/listener/employer