Commiserate
[kə'mɪzəreɪt] or [kə'mɪzəret]
Definition
(v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Pity, compassionate, have pity for, sympathize with, feel for, feel sorry for, condole with.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Despise, contemn, pity, compassionate, condole, sympathize
ANT:Admire, envy, disregard, maltreat, molest, ignore, condemn
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Definition
v.t. to feel for the miseries of another: to pity: to condole with.—adj. Commis′erable requiring commiseration: pitiable.—n. Commiserā′tion concern for the sufferings of others: pity.—adj. Commis′erative feeling or expressing sympathetic sorrow.—n. Commis′erātor.
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Examples
- Listen to my tale: when you have heard that, abandon or commiserate me, as you shall judge that I deserve. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- What good mother is there that would not commiserate a penniless spinster, who might have been my lady, and have shared four thousand a year? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I commiserated their case, and resolved to endeavour procuring them some relief. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Change places with him, and would you have been looked at by those blue eyes as he was, and commiserated by that agitated face as he was? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I could see that you were commiserating me over my weakness, said Holmes, laughing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was a world of trouble to you, ma'am, said Mrs. Hubble, commiserating my sister. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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