COMPASSIONATENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

Synonyms:

compassion; compassionateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("compassionateness" is a kind of...):

fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compassionateness"):

heartstrings (your deepest feelings of love and compassion)

mellowness (a feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state)

tenderheartedness; tenderness (warm compassionate feelings)

mercifulness; mercy (the feeling that motivates compassion)

Derivation:

compassionate (showing or having compassion)