What does commiseratory mean?
Commiseratory means Serving to commiserate; sympathetic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Serving to commiserate; sympathetic..
Adolf Hitler in self-commiseratory mood once spoke darkly of dying and said he had chosen his successor. He thought a minor growth in his throat (later cleanly removed) was an incurable cancer.
Comments were not always so flattering as to the enjoyment of "listening to music we have heard practiced for months before"; but whether mildly critical and self-commiseratory or flippantly satirical, the "circus bench season" never failed to bring forth its student editorial comment.
Nevertheless, I wrote a long commiseratory letter to Carlo, who was sent for a rest to a nursing home run by nuns at Bellagio on the Lake of Como.
Use commiseratory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Commiseratory means Serving to commiserate; sympathetic..
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Adolf Hitler in self-commiseratory mood once spoke darkly of dying and said he had chosen his successor. He thought a minor growth in his throat (later cleanly removed) was an incurable cancer.
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