sympathetic
/ˌsɪm.pəˈθɛt.ɪk/ noun C2- A sympathetic nerve.
Plural sympathetics
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“Ah, count,” said Albert, “I assure you Madame de Morcerf speaks freely to me, and if you have not felt those sympathetic fibres of which I spoke just now thrill within you, you must be entirely devoid of them, for during the last four days we have spoken of no one else.”
Matthew is such a sympathetic listener.
And you needn’t stop to discourse with sympathetic listeners on your way, either.
With resentful eyes and passion-red cheeks she confronted alike Diana’s sympathetic gaze and Charlie Sloane’s indignant nods and Josie Pye’s malicious smiles.
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