English pronunciation · Words Starting with S
Sympathy Pronunciation
Sympathy is pronounced SIM-puh-thee, IPA /ˈsɪmpəθi/.
SIM-puh-thee
US /ˈsɪmpəθi/ · UK /ˈsɪmpəθi/
Syllables: SIM · puh · thee (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A feeling of sorrow for someone else's trouble.
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Sympathy in a Sentence
- She wrote to express her sympathy.
- He has little sympathy for the committee.
- The crowd was clearly in sympathy with the strikers.
Common Mispronunciations of Sympathy
Not sim-PA-thee
Everything leans on SIM, and the puh in the middle is barely there at all.
Not SIM-puh-tee
That th is the voiceless th of think, made with the tongue against the top teeth, never a plain t.
Tip: Sympathetic shifts the punch onto the third beat: sim-puh-THE-tik.
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