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have a soft spot for — have a caring feeling for, have sympathy for, feel for I ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Martha. She was so kind to me as a child … English idioms
sympathy — n. 1) to arouse, stir up sympathy for 2) to capture; command sympathy 3) to express; feel, have sympathy for 4) to display, show sympathy for 5) to lavish sympathy on 6) to accept smb. s sympathy 7) deep, deepest, great, heartfelt, profound,… … Combinatory dictionary
sympathy — noun (U) 1 the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation and understanding how they feel: He wants your sympathy so he s pretending to be sick. | have/feel sympathy for sb: I ve a lot of sympathy for her; she brought up the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sympathy — [[t]sɪ̱mpəθi[/t]] ♦♦♦ sympathies 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them. We expressed our sympathy for her loss... I have had … English dictionary
sympathy — /ˈsɪmpəθi / (say simpuhthee) noun (plural sympathies) 1. community of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another. 2. the community of feeling naturally existing between persons of like tastes… …
sympathy — noun (plural thies) Etymology: Latin sympathia, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathēs having common feelings, sympathetic, from syn + pathos feelings, emotion, experience more at pathos Date: 1579 1. a. an affinity, association, or relationship… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sympathy — sym‧pa‧thy [ˈsɪmpəθi] noun 1. come out in sympathy HUMAN RESOURCES if workers come out in sympathy with workers who strike (= refuse to work), they refuse to work as well: • The truck drivers are on strike, and other employees have downed tools ( … Financial and business terms
Sympathy for the Record Industry — Founded 1988 Founder Long Gone John Distributor(s) Mordam Records … Wikipedia
Sympathy for the Kettle, LLC — Sympathy for the Kettle was started in December 2003 in the East Village in New York City. The space was initially a dark and bankrupt Korean tea room. The proprietress or host, Jodi Holiday purchased the failing business, learned the art of tea… … Wikipedia
Sympathy Jones — is a new musical comedy, conceived by composer and lyricist Masi Asare. The book was written by Brooke Pierce.It tells the story of Sympathy Jones, a receptionist at an intelligence agency who dreams of being a spy. When a top secret file… … Wikipedia
