English-French translations for sympathetic

• sympathique
  Il y a toutefois dans le discours de M. Ulmer une chose que je trouve sympathique. There was one thing in Mr Ulmer's speech to which I was more sympathetic, however.
  Le commissaire s'est montré sympathique et a fait part de sa déception face à l'inertie du gouvernement. He was very sympathetic and expressed frustration at the lack of government action.
  Je constate avec plaisir que Bruxelles se montre parfois plus sympathique que Londres. I am glad to see that Brussels is somewhat more sympathetic than London on occasion.

Definition of sympathetic

• of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy
• relating to similarity
• relating to the sympathetic nervous system
• relating to sounds induced by vibrations conveyed through a fluid from a body already in vibration

Examples

• John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look
• Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence
• Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine

Related words

• sympathetically
• parasympathetic
• unsympathetic
• asympathetic
• unsympathetically
• orthosympathetic
• parasympathetic nervous system
• sympathetic nervous system
• sympathetic ink