Direction: Choose the correct antonym. Sympathy
Question and options
Direction: Choose the correct antonym.
Sympathy
- Pity
- Cruelty
- Empathy
- Apathy
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - Apathy
Sympathy is feeling for or sharing another's suffering; its opposite is apathy, a lack of feeling or concern. Pity and empathy are close in meaning to sympathy, and cruelty is the opposite of kindness, not of fellow-feeling.
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