Empathetic and Pitiless

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Empathetic adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.

Usage example: an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point

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Pitiless is an antonym for empathetic.

Pitiless adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

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Empathetic is an antonym for pitiless.

Nearby Words: pitiful, pitilessly, pitifully

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