
empathetic
/ˌempəˈθetɪk/
showing accurate awareness of another person's feelings and perspective
empathetic in a sentence
“Write an empathetic reply that acknowledges the delay and its impact.”
Origin of empathetic
Modern formation from empathy, coined from Greek empatheia passion, feeling
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