单词 | commiserator |
释义 | commiseratorn. A person who commiserates with another or others; a person given to sympathizing or compassion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > one who pities ruera1382 tenderer1584 pitier1589 compassionate1602 miserator1610 commiserator1677 compassionatora1680 1677 Strange News from Deep 4 The indulgent Heavens are so kind as to admit us to be the quiet Commiserators of their miseries. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 82 Deaf unto the..Cries of charitable Commiserators. 1738 A. Mears Bk. Relig., Ceremonies & Prayers of Jews ii. 58 For a God and king and true physician and commiserator art thou. 1783 Brit. Mag. & Rev. Jan. 40/2 The behaviour of..satirical jokers and curious commiserators in general. 1871 J. L. Willyams Tower of Hawk xiii. 129 Poor Gertruda's distress..was fortunately relieved, and the number of wonderers and commiserators augmented, by the arrival of the Baroness von Hompe. 1943 J. D. Wilson Fortunes of Falstaff vi. 125 What the commiserators of Falstaff appear to overlook is that the delicious old sinner has no need of their pity. 2004 E. Reid D.B. viii. 209 Frank was not a commiserator or, for that matter, a comforter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677 |
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