Definizione monolingua

compassionate

compassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated)

1. (archaic) To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 50:

     The justice which Mr Allworthy had executed on Partridge at first met with universal approbation; but no sooner had he felt its consequences, than his neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his case [...].

compassionate (comparative more compassionate, superlative most compassionate)

1. having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic
2. given to someone because of a domestic emergency, especially in the phrase compassionate leave

Definizione dizionario compassionate

compassionevole

misericordioso

pietoso

Altri significati:

given to someone because of a domestic emergency, especially in the phrase compassionate leave

having, feeling of showing compassion

To feel regret and sorrow for someone else because of their suffering or misfortune.

Having or showing compassion.

(archaic) To feel compassion for; to pity, feel sorry for.

having, feeling of showing compassion; sympathetic