sympathies
SaySIM-puh-theez/ˈsɪmpəθiz/
- 1Plural of sympathy.
The mayor offered his sympathies to the families of the victims.
Her political sympathies leaned toward the reform movement.
Note
The plural does more than count feelings: two uses of sympathy live mostly in this form. One is formal condolence, where you offer, send or extend your sympathies to the bereaved. The other is leaning or support, so that someone's political sympathies are the causes they side with. Context tells them apart: condolences go to a person, while sympathies of the second kind lie with a cause or party.
sympathies is a form of sympathy
sympathy, noun: Sorrow or pity felt for someone else who is suffering or in distress. Full entry
- Forms
- sympathysympathies plural
- Spelling
- sympathy → sympathies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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