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oversympathize

oversympathize verb: to sympathize excessively.

Verb

oversympathize (third-person singular simple present oversympathizes, present participle oversympathizing, simple past and past participle oversympathized)

  1. (intransitive) To sympathize excessively.

Forms of oversympathize

third-person singular presentoversympathizes
present participleoversympathizing
past participleoversympathized
pastoversympathized

Origin of oversympathize

From over- + sympathize.

Questions about oversympathize

What does oversympathize mean?
Oversympathize means to sympathize excessively.
What part of speech is oversympathize?
Oversympathize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversympathize?
The past tense of oversympathize is oversympathized.

Words near oversympathize in the dictionary

  1. oversworn
  2. overswum
  3. overswung
  4. oversymmetrical
  5. oversympathetic
  6. oversympathize
  7. oversynthesis
  8. oversynthesize
  9. oversynthesized
  10. oversynthesizes
  11. oversynthesizing

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