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Sympathize

To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

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Compassionate 76% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Pity 76% connected

Piety.

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Condole 76% connected

To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

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Sympathy 74% connected

Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if…

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Sympathy 74% connected

Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if…

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Commiserate 92% connected

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

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Understand 92% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

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Ache verb · 78% connection

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Acute adjective · 78% connection

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of a…

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Admire verb · 78% connection

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem…

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Apathy noun · 78% connection

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to th…

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Benthamism noun · 78% connection

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Bodily adverb · 78% connection

In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily…

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Buy verb · 78% connection

To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasu…

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Cyrenaicism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) The doctrine of Cyrenaics that people should ultimately aim at the pleasure of the present moment, disregarding future pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Delectation noun · 78% connection

a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all"

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Delight verb · 78% connection

A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

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Enjoy verb · 78% connection

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to e…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Exquisite adjective · 78% connection

Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

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Exrerience verb · 78% connection

To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Fruition noun · 78% connection

Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or us…

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Give noun · 78% connection

To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

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Heat noun · 78% connection

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily fee…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Hurt verb · 78% connection

To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, feeling, bodily, pleasure, pain.
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Hurter noun · 78% connection

A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.

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