compassionateness
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Compassionateness — Com*pas sion*ate*ness, n. The quality or state of being compassionate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compassionateness — noun see compassionate I … New Collegiate Dictionary
compassionateness — noun The state or quality of being compassionate … Wiktionary
compassionateness — n. mercifulness, state of being compassionate, state of being sympathetic … English contemporary dictionary
compassionateness — com·pas·sion·ate·ness … English syllables
compassionateness — noun a deep awareness of and sympathy for another s suffering • Syn: ↑compassion • Derivationally related forms: ↑compassionate, ↑compassionate (for: ↑compassion) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
compassionate — I. adjective Date: 1579 1. having or showing compassion ; sympathetic < a compassionate friend > < a compassionate smile > 2. granted because of unusual distressing circumstances affecting an individual used of some military privileges (as leave) … New Collegiate Dictionary
compassionate — compassionately, adv. compassionateness, n. adj. /keuhm pash euh nit/; v. /keuhm pash euh nayt /, adj., v., compassionated, compassionating. adj. 1. having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter. 2. granted in an… … Universalium
bleeding heart — Synonyms and related words: aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, bale, bathos, bitterness, bowels of compassion, broken heart, brokenheartedness, cloyingness, compassionateness, crushing, depression, depth of misery, desolation, despair,… … Moby Thesaurus
gentleness — Synonyms and related words: abnegation, abstinence, acceptance, affability, airiness, amiability, ascent, bleeding heart, bonhomie, bowels of compassion, breeding, bubbliness, buoyancy, calm, calmness, clemency, clementness, compassion,… … Moby Thesaurus
