compassionate
kum-PASH-uh-nitadjMeaning feeling for others who suffer and wanting to help them
Memory hook a heart like a COMPASS. Maya’s heart works like a compass: it always points her toward whoever is hurting. She is compassionate.
The compassionate nurse held the frightened boy’s hand until his parents arrived.
In context Instead of laughing when the runner tripped, the compassionate crowd went silent, and two of her rivals stopped to help her to her feet.
Similar sympathetic, caring, kindhearted, merciful
Opposite callous, heartless, cold
From Latin compati, “to suffer with”: com (with) + pati (to suffer).