compassionate

Definitions

Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

Sympathetic in nature; inclined to show mercy or pity.

Examples

The compassionate nurse stayed by the patient's side throughout the entire night.

She is known for her compassionate nature and her willingness to help those in need.

It was a compassionate gesture to donate her time to the local animal shelter.

Synonyms

kind empathetic caring tender sympathetic benevolent humane

Antonyms

cruel heartless indifferent callous ruthless merciless unsympathetic