sympathetic

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. agreeing with or supporting a particular aim, idea, or person.

adj. showing approval of or favour towards an idea, cause, or individual.

“The local council is sympathetic to our plan to build a new park.”

“Although the senator was sympathetic to the environmental cause, she ultimately voted against the bill due to its high cost.”

C1 · Advanced Literary

adj. describing a character in a book or film that you like and want to succeed.

adj. evoking pity or liking in an audience; used especially of fictional characters.

“The villain was actually a sympathetic character with a very sad past.”

“The author struggled to make the protagonist sympathetic, as his early actions in the novel were largely driven by greed.”

C2 · Proficiency Medicine Technical

adj. relating to the part of the nervous system that helps the body react to stress or danger.

adj. relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that typically accelerates heart rate and prepares the body for 'fight or flight'.

“The sympathetic nervous system makes your heart beat faster when you are scared.”

“The drug works by inhibiting the sympathetic response, thereby lowering the patient's blood pressure during periods of acute stress.”

C2 · Proficiency Music Technical

adj. describing a sound or vibration caused by another sound nearby.

adj. relating to or produced by vibrations in one body caused by similar vibrations in another.

“When she hit the low note on the piano, I heard a sympathetic vibration from the guitar.”

“The sitar features several sympathetic strings that are never plucked but vibrate in response to the primary melody strings.”