Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who sympathizes with or feels for another; one who feels sympathy. Also spelled
sympathiser .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sympathizes.
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- adjective Who
sympathizes (with something). - noun A person who
sympathizes (with something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
- noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
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Examples
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The line between “pro-American” and terrorist sympathizer is easy to determine.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010
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He was known as a sympathizer, so it was in his best interest to stay out of the mob until after the execution.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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I see the resident Stalin sympathizer, Kindness has arrived.
Think Progress » 63% 2006
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Your little friendship with a terrorist sympathizer is pathetic.
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I see the resident Stalin sympathizer, Kindness has arrived.
Think Progress » 63% 2006
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On the other hand, that she's a "sympathizer" -- well, that's pretty much a no-brainer, don't you think?
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Sen. Alan Simpson charged that Arnett was "what we used to call a sympathizer" and that his Vietnamese ex-wife had a brother who was "active in the Viet Cong."
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That one of the last remaining fighters / survivors, Marek Edelman, has been called a sympathizer of the Palestinians is no coincidence.
Annie's letters 2009
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That one of the last remaining fighters / survivors, Marek Edelman, has been called a sympathizer of the Palestinians is no coincidence.
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But the appeal was signed by none other than Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, whose recent claim that CNN Baghdad correspondent Peter Arnett was an Iraqi "sympathizer" made Simpson a hero among press-bashers.
A Press-Bashing Hero 2008
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