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verb (used with object), com·mis·er·at·ed, com·mis·er·at·ing.to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity. verb (used without object), com·mis·er·at·ed, com·mis·er·at·ing.to sympathize (usually followed by with): They commiserated with him over the loss of his job. Origin of commiserate1585–95; <Latin commiserātus (past participle of commiserārī), equivalent to com-com- + miser pitiable (see misery) + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM commiseratecom·mis·er·a·ble, adjectivecom·mis·er·a·tion, nouncom·mis·er·a·tive, adjectivecom·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb com·mis·er·a·tor, nounnon·com·mis·er·a·tion, nounnon·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjectivenon·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverbun·com·mis·er·at·ed, adjectiveun·com·mis·er·at·ing, adjectiveun·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjectiveun·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH commiseratecommensurate, commiserate Words nearby commiseratecomminute, comminuted, comminuted fracture, comminutor, commis, commiserate, commish, commissaire, commissar, commissariat, commissary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for commiserateSo she called another really famous pop star to commiserate and ask for advice. Ariana Grande, This Is How to Be a Diva|Tim Teeman|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST After McCain takes the Florida primary, Romney gathers his troops in a hotel room to commiserate. Inside ‘Mitt,’ Netflix’s All-Access Mitt Romney Documentary|Marlow Stern|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST And when he invites a wheelchair-bound guest to commiserate with him about his bubble-wrapped foot, things go downhill from there. The Office's Michael Scott's Funniest Moments|Sujay Kumar|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST No one seemed at hand to commiserate her sufferings, to supply her wants, or to assist her weakness. Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II|Francis Augustus Cox
Is not my meditation rather to be inclined another way, to condole and commiserate their distress who have none? Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions|John Donne There is, however, room to commiserate Keller Bey, from whom these things were hidden. A Tatter of Scarlet|S. R. Crockett Here and there a star peeped out as though to commiserate Athens upon its loneliness. Across the Mesa|Jarvis Hall And these are the people who commiserate an Englishman on being compelled to live in our cold, damp, foggy island! Diversions in Sicily|H. Festing Jones
British Dictionary definitions for commiserate
verb(when intr, usually foll by with) to feel or express sympathy or compassion (for) Derived forms of commiseratecommiserable, adjectivecommiseration, nouncommiserative, adjectivecommiseratively, adverb commiserator, noun Word Origin for commiserateC17: from Latin commiserārī, from com- together + miserārī to bewail, pity, from miser wretched Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to commiseratesympathize, pity, console, feel, compassionate, condole, ache, feel for |