Compassion
Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.
Numbness is an antonym for compassion.
Numbness
Numbness noun - A lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness.
Usage example: the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember
Compassion is an antonym for numbness.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional compassion | emotional numbness |
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Numbness and Compassion. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/numbness
Compassion & Numbness. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/numbness>.
Numbness or Compassion. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/compassion/numbness.
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