Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. See Synonyms at humane.
- adj. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: compassionate military leave.
- v. To pity.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Characterized by compassion; full of compassion or pity; easily moved to sympathy by the sufferings, wants, or infirmities of others.
- Calling for or calculated to excite compassion; pitiable; pitiful.
- Complaining.
- n. One who compassionates, pities, or commiserates.
- To have compassion for; pity; commiserate.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic.
- adj. Given to someone because of a domestic emergency.
- v. archaic To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.
- adj. rare Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.
- v. To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing or having compassion
- v. share the suffering of
Etymologies
- A pseudo-Latin form of French compassioné, past participle of compassionner ("feel sorry for"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“SOME ON THE RIGHT argue that by putting the word compassionate in front of conservatism, George W. Bush somehow diminished the principles that have animated the conservative movement since at least the rise of Barry Goldwater in 1964.”
“If I hear one more time the term compassionate conservatism, I will scream.”
John McCain air quotes showed contempt for women's health issues
“COOPER: Are we going to hear the term compassionate conservative?”
“Psychologist: The term compassionate conservative is an "oxymoron”
“When the term compassionate conservative was invented, that person had just met Dean.”
“Is this what they call compassionate conservatism?”
Think Progress » The Bush Record: More Poverty, More Uninsured
“That's, kind of, the heart of what they call compassionate conservatism: that the American experience must be alive and viable for everyone, and that government has a role to help people have the tools so they can help themselves.”
“PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Up front this morning, President Bush is on his way to Cleveland, as Leon just reported, where he will be making a speech about what he calls compassionate conservatism.”
“I mean, that moment of what I call compassionate conversion for me happened in -- in”
“This time, death penalty opponents say Bush's decision on whether to delay Beets 'execution will help define what he calls compassionate conservatism.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘compassionate’.
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
adequate, adroit, blunt, blurred, committed, divisive, exacerbating, fitting, hollow, lengthy, murky, pronounced and 123 more...
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DesiluTrektionary
Wordie newbie/
Professional copy editorcraven, compassionate, trek, progressive, argyle, journalism, love, consciousness, effervescence, integrity, plop, noxious and 21 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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RocknRolla (2008)
Words from 2008 'RocknRolla' film.
drip, consent, foothold, bricks and mortar, mortar, councillor, let down, wand, clean out, leg-up, hasty, erect and 115 more...
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classic695's Words
delighted, elated, energetic, excited, enthusiastic, elevated, happy, contented, fine, pleased, satisfied, compassionate and 168 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 220 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
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a few of my favorite words
these are some of my favorite words...
brilliant, delicious, lovely, ever, with, present, here, light, radiant, bright, beauty, live and 209 more...
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List 17
Derivatives from Chapter 17 of Part One of English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
minuscule, exquisite, transection, incorrigible, refraction, requisition, commodious, progeny, revenue, compassionate, acidulous, canticle and 8 more...
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External Descriptions
This is an unbiased list of words I have heard being used to describe me. Mind you, I don't think I am all of these things, but others do, and that's worth something.
asshole, cute, handsome, brave, smart, trustworthy, compassionate, stubborn, nervous, violent, dork, nerd and 2 more...
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Learning
Want to speak fluent english. so learning words.
amend, confess, construe, whelm, perceive, percept, condemn, remedy, strive, encompass, convey, endeavor and 13 more...
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Haley
brave, generous, ingenious, heroic, sympathetic, tender, bold, kind, clever, daring, gentle, mellow and 18 more...
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Adjectives That Describe Me
sympathetic, intense, passionate, depressed, pessimistic, moody, affectionate, compassionate, friendly, selective, stubborn, emotional and 22 more...
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EAP 90
gossip, Collar, compassionate, insightful, alliances, superiority, versus, discrimination, flaw, broad, commoner, miniature and 32 more...
Tweets
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