Collocations for sympathetic - adj.
VERBS
appear,
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
sound
become
find sb
I found the doctors very sympathetic.
become
find sb
I found the doctors very sympathetic.
make sb
Her aggressive attitude makes me less sympathetic to her plight.
The character's faults actually make him more sympathetic.
Her aggressive attitude makes me less sympathetic to her plight.
The character's faults actually make him more sympathetic.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
deeply, genuinely, truly
a patient and deeply sympathetic man
He sounded genuinely sympathetic.
deeply, genuinely, truly
a patient and deeply sympathetic man
He sounded genuinely sympathetic.
entirely,
highly
He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.
He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.
not entirely
He'd written a not entirely sympathetic article in the ‘Globe’.
He'd written a not entirely sympathetic article in the ‘Globe’.
less than
Her attitude to my situation was less than sympathetic.
Her attitude to my situation was less than sympathetic.
broadly,
largely
PREPOSITION
about
My boss is being very sympathetic about my problems.
My boss is being very sympathetic about my problems.
to
They were extremely sympathetic to my plight.
The government is broadly sympathetic to our ideas.
They were extremely sympathetic to my plight.
The government is broadly sympathetic to our ideas.
towards/toward
I did not feel sympathetic towards/toward them.
I did not feel sympathetic towards/toward them.
Sympathetic is used with these nouns:
attitude, audience, character, ear, expression, eye, grin, hand, handling, hearing, listener, look, manner, observer, reception, response, teacher, tone, treatment, understanding
attitude, audience, character, ear, expression, eye, grin, hand, handling, hearing, listener, look, manner, observer, reception, response, teacher, tone, treatment, understanding