1. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune
Usage: plural form of sympathy
2. understanding between people; common feeling
Usage: plural form of sympathy
3. support for or approval of something
Usage: plural form of sympathy

Examples

• Please accept my sympathies for your loss.
• The family received many sympathies from friends and neighbors.
• Her sympathies lay with the striking workers.
• He expressed his sympathies to the victims of the disaster.
• The politician’s sympathies were clearly with the environmental movement.
• We offer our deepest sympathies during this difficult time.
• His sympathies shifted after hearing both sides of the story.