| Compassionate 1. (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. 2. (a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. 3. (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Thesaurus Entries Christian, Christlike, Christly, accepting, ache, affectionate, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, clement, commiserate, commiserative, condolent, decent, deplore, easy, easygoing, feel for, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal, gentle, good, gracious, grieve over, human, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lament, lax, lenient, loving, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, mourn, nice, patient, piteous, pitiful, pity, pitying, regret, repine, responsive, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathize with, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted |