Antonyms for sympathy
ˈsɪm pə θisym·pa·thy

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1. sympathynoun

   Antonyms:
   contempt

2. sympathynoun

   Antonyms:
   contempt

3. sympathynoun

   Antonyms:
   contempt

4. sympathynoun

   Antonyms:
   contempt

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. sympathy

   According to the etymology and original usage, beneficence is the doing well, benevolence the wishing or willing well to others; but benevolence has come to include beneficence, and to displace it. We should not now speak of benevolence which did not help, unless where there was no power to help; even then we should rather say good-will or sympathy. Charity, which originally meant the purest love for God and man (as in 1 Cor. xiii), is now almost universally applied to some form of almsgiving, and is much more limited in meaning than benevolence. Benignity suggests some occult power of blessing, such as was formerly ascribed to the stars; we may say a good man has an air of benignity. Kindness and tenderness are personal; benevolence and charity are general. Kindness extends to all sentient beings, whether men or animals, in prosperity or in distress. Tenderness especially goes out toward the young, feeble, and needy, or even to the dead. Humanity is so much kindness and tenderness toward man or beast as it would be inhuman not to have; we say of some act of care or kindness, "common humanity requires it." Generosity is self-forgetful kindness in disposition or action; it includes much besides giving; as, the generosity of forgiveness. Bounty applies to ample giving, which on a larger scale is expressed by munificence. Liberality indicates broad, genial kindly views, whether manifested in gifts or otherwise. We speak of the bounty of a generous host, the liberality or munificence of the founder of a college, or of the liberality of a theologian toward the holders of conflicting beliefs. Philanthropy applies to wide schemes for human welfare, often, but not always, involving large expenditures in charity or benevolence. Compare MERCY.

   Antonyms:
   barbarity, brutality, churlishness, greediness, harshness, ill-will, illiberality, inhumanity, malevolence, malignity, niggardliness, self-seeking, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness

   Synonyms:
   almsgiving, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, bounty, charity, generosity, good-will, humanity, kind-heartedness, kindliness, kindness, liberality, munificence, philanthropy, unselfishness

   Preposition:
   Benevolence of, on the part of, or from the wealthy, to or toward the poor.

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1. sympathy

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, antagonism, incongeniality, pitilessness, mercilessness, compassionlessness, unkindness, harshness, unkindliness

   Synonyms:
   fellow-feeling, congeniality, commiseration, compassion, pity, concert, tenderness, agreement, condolence

Matched Categories

1. • Affinity
   • Inclination

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. sympathy, understandingnoun

   an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

   "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, intellect, savvy, fellow feeling, discernment, reason, understanding, agreement

2. sympathy, fellow feelingnoun

   sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

   Synonyms:
   understanding, fellow feeling

3. sympathynoun

   a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

   "the two of them were in close sympathy"

   Synonyms:
   understanding, fellow feeling

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1. sympathynoun

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, incompassion, inclemency, disagreement, incompatibility

   Synonyms:
   fellow-feeling, tenderness, pity, commiseration, compassion, condolence, accord, agreement, rapport, concord

How to use sympathy in a sentence?

1. Sheriff Smith:

   This is a horrible tragedy and my sincere condolences and sympathy goes to the Timothy Satterlee Sr. family.

2. Nancy Mills:

   It was a sympathy vote for Daly Danko.

3. Dounya Zayer:

   Where are the good cops that I keep hearing of ? Thank you for your sympathy but I don't want to hear that there are good cops when not a single good cop helped me and I'm afraid to even leave my house now because I feel like I'm going to be pulled over and they're going to do something to me, i'm afraid to protest because I feel like they're going to see me at a protest. These are my rights that are being stripped away by good cops that are supposed to uphold the law and protect the people.

4. Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski:

   That signaled sympathy for the core of Trumps defense teams argument, which is that even if President Trump did condition foreign aid on an investigation of a political opponent, such conduct would not justify the removal of a president by The Senate in an election year. Leaving the chamber, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski told Fox News, I am going to go reflect on what I have heard, re-read my notes and decide whether I need to hear more.

5. Voltaire Alferez:

   We are not here to call for sympathy, much less pity. We are calling for solidarity, action from all governments, we are not debating anymore at the Lima climate summit on whether the impacts of climate change are real. We should be taking action now.

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