compassionate.

Showing concern for suffering and a desire to alleviate it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• compassionate response
• compassionate care

On the page

The letter was compassionate without minimizing the loss.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more compassionate; superlative most compassionate when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.