Feeling correspondent to that of another; fellow- feeling: followed by with.
Pity; commiseration: followed by for.
Congeniality; accord; affinity.
" I will," answered Bopaul, with a note of sympathy in his voice. – The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
His sympathy was not with the Happy Family, either. – The Happy Family by Bertha Muzzy Bower
Big Otter told me that, said I, in an earnest tone of sympathy. – The Big Otter by R.M. Ballantyne