adjective
feeling, showing, or resulting from the ability to share in others’ feelings, particularly sorrow, anger, and the like.
She is a sympathetic person who always listens to her friends’ problems with concern and understanding.
His sympathetic words to the widow seemed to comfort her a little.
She put her arm around her sobbing sister in a sympathetic gesture.
The store owner was sympathetic toward the frightened little boy and spoke to him gently.