how to pronounce sympathy

/ˈsɪmpəθiː/

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sympathy is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sympathy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… kind of sympathy right it was always oh …”

meaning of sympathy

Sympathy is a feeling of sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

sympathy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sympathy occurs in english on average 11.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.