Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: compassion
IPA transcription: [kəmp'æʃən]
Pronunciations of compassion
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: compassion, compassionateness
    Meaning: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  • Synonyms: compassion, pity
    Meaning: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
Usage examples
  • Have compassion on my infirmities for his sake.'
  • "Oh! no, my regret and compassion are all done away by seeing you so full of both.
  • Instantly Diana realised that there was no help or compassion to be expected from her.
  • The words it pronounces have the value of acts of integrity, tolerance, and compassion.
  • This action, together with the tears which he saw gush from my eyes, moved his compassion.
  • They could look on life, death, and the rending of flesh with the same lack of interest and compassion.
  • Here pity lives when it is wholly dead; Who is a greater reprobate than he Who feels compassion at the doom divine?
  • Booth testified great compassion at this account; and, he having invited Robinson to dinner, they spent that day together.
  • However, the foregoing ceremonies are religious rather than magical, since they involve an appeal to the compassion of higher powers.
  • The slow recovery of her reason settled into the most intense melancholy, which gained at length the compassion even of her cruel master.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Terry Fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pink Floyd, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic Church, License CC BY-SA 4.0