(adj) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings, Syn. likeable, likable, appealing, Ant. unsympathetic, Example:the sympathetic characters in the play
(adj) (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings, Syn. unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable, Ant. sympathetic, Example:all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic