simpatico
adjective
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Simpatico, which derives from the Greek noun sympatheia, meaning "sympathy," was borrowed into English from both Italian and Spanish. In those languages, the word has been chiefly used to describe people who are well-liked or easy to get along with; early uses of the word in English reflected this, as in Henry James's 1881 novel The Portrait of a Lady, in which a character says of another's dying cousin, "Ah, he was so simpatico. I’m awfully sorry for you." In recent years, however, the word's meaning has shifted. Now we see it used to describe the relationship between people who get along well or work well together.
Examples of simpatico in a Sentence
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
And Butterworth, along with his uncannily simpatico director Sam Mendes, does expert work on the evisceration front, doling out tidbits of decades-old family resentments until just the right moments for the cutting open.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
The chemistry between Goldstein and Poots would still be engagingly natural (simpatico and renewable in a way more befitting old friends than new lovers), just as the scenes between them would still hum with the low-wattage electricity of a couple that doesn’t have to try that hard.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
Much of the partnership appeared to simply amplify what were already simpatico views between the Kremlin and the company’s influencers.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The graduating class finds their simpatico homeroom teacher replaced by a humorless, by-the-book type, and the Music Research Club is deemed a fire hazard and shut down, the electronic equipment locked away in a storeroom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Thinking the occult expert cum horror star and the high priest would be simpatico, Davis hosted a dinner party that went off the rails.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
After 17 years of musical fellowship – give or take a few in between to tend to other projects – these two are simpatico.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
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—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 June 2024
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“Simpatico.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simpatico. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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