FELLOW FEELING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Synonyms:

fellow feeling; sympathy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("fellow feeling" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

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

concern (a feeling of sympathy for someone or something)

kind-heartedness; kindheartedness (sympathy arising from a kind heart)

compassion; compassionateness (a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)

commiseration; pathos; pity; ruth (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others)

compatibility (a feeling of sympathetic understanding)

empathy (understanding and entering into another's feelings)