condolencenoun [ C usually plural, U ]
uk/kənˈdəʊ.ləns/us/kənˈdoʊ.ləns/sympathy and sadness for the family or close friends of a person who has recently died, or an expression of this, especially in written form:
a letter of condolence
Dignitaries from all over the world came to offer their condolences.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sympathy & compassion
- a good listener idiom
- a shoulder to cry on idiom
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- cloud
- fellow feeling
- go out to sb
- hard luck! idiom
- hard/tough cheese! idiom
- heartrending
- poor
- relate
- relate to sb
- sad
- sensitive
- shoulder
- solace
- sympathy vote
- understanding
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