feel someone's pain

verb

To sympathize with somebody.

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Meanings

verbfeel someone's pain (third-person singular simple present feels someone's pain, present participle feeling someone's pain, simple past and past participle felt someone's pain)

present singular third person feels someone's pain · participle present feeling someone's pain · participle past felt someone's pain · past felt someone's pain

  1. figurativelyTo sympathize with somebody.

    Synonyms: feel for, feel sorry for, commiserate, compassion, compassionate, condole, feel sorry for, mercify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sympathize with somebody.

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feel forfeel sorry forcommiseratecompassioncompassionatecondolefeel sorry formercifypityruetake pity
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commiseratecompassioncompassionatecondolefeel sorry formercifypityrue
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feel someone's pain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel%20someone's%20pain

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feel someone's pain,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel%20someone's%20pain.

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