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sympathetical

sympathetical is the dated form of sympathetic.

Meaning of sympathetic

Adjective

sympathetic (comparative more sympathetic, superlative most sympathetic)

  1. Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
    • John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
    Antonyms:
    unsympathetic
    1. Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.
  2. Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
    1. Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way.
  3. (relational) Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
    • Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
    1. (relational) A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence. (of magic)
      • One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 225

See all 9 meanings of sympathetic

Forms of sympathetical

comparativemore sympathetical
superlativemost sympathetical

Origin of sympathetical

From Latin sympathēticus + -al.

Words formed from sympathetical

Questions about sympathetical

What is sympathetical the dated form of?
Sympathetical is the dated form of sympathetic.

Words near sympathetical in the dictionary

  1. sympathetic strings
  2. sympathetic trunk
  3. sympathetic trunks
  4. sympathetic vibration
  5. sympathetic vibrations
  6. sympathetical
  7. sympathetically
  8. sympatheticism
  9. sympathetick
  10. sympatheticness
  11. sympatheticolytic

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