compassionate
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Is compassionate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of compassionate?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.Examples: "It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late."Synonyms: pitiableobsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.Examples: "[…] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them."; "The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case;"; "And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel."Synonyms: pity, feel sorry for, commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel someone's pain, feel sorry forarchaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary