Past tense of sympathize
regular verb
The past tense of sympathize is sympathized. The past participle is also sympathized.
Forms of sympathize
| Base form (V1) | sympathize |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sympathized |
| Past participle (V3) | sympathized |
| Present participle | sympathizing |
| Third person singular | sympathizes |
Sympathized in a sentence
- But she sympathized most on the issue of government representation of the rural Oregonian region.2023 March 15, Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, “Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors”, in CNN. From the entry Oregonian
- Although a Riverbanker at heart, Kenneth Grahame would have understood the revolution and sympathized with the Wild Wooders.2013, Pat Shirley, From the Riverbank to Middle Earth and Beyond, page 84. From the entry riverbanker
- After the whomper headache she'd had yesterday, Mia sympathized.2006, Lynn Michaels, Marriage by Design, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 214. From the entry whomper
Meaning of sympathize
- verb To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected; to feel for.
- verb To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).
- verb To say in an expression of sympathy.
Questions about the past tense of sympathize
- What is the past tense of sympathize?
- The past tense of sympathize is sympathized.
- What is the past participle of sympathize?
- The past participle of sympathize is sympathized.
- Is sympathize a regular or irregular verb?
- Sympathize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sympathize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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