Commiserate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈmɪzəɹət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Commiserate is an adjective meaning (transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
Meaning
(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
More Meanings
- (intransitive, as the phrasal verb commiserate with) To sympathize; condole.
- (ambitransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.
- (obsolete, rare) Commiserating, pitying, lamentful.
Example Sentences
A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.
Lord Meersbrook had remarked the same woman a day or two before, peering into the area, as if looking for some of the servants, yet neither venturing to ring nor knock; he concluded she was there for no good, but the self-commiserating tone in which she spoke, together with her Irish accent, now caught his ear;.
Word Forms
- commiserates
- commiserating
- commiserated
Synonyms for commiserate
Depending on context, synonyms include compassionate, compassion, condole, mercify, pity, rue.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sympathize, empathize, plaintful, compunct, lamented, pityful.
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