| 单词 | commiseration |
| 释义 | commiseration (once / 4527 pages) n Commiseration refers to feelings of sympathy for other people. If a friend's pet dies, you will probably want to express your commiseration. If you are feeling commiseration for someone, they are probably going through difficult times. We feel commiseration when others suffer or feel pain and we understand that pain. We commiserate with them. The Latin root com- means "together with." Just as communication and community are words involving getting people together, commiseration is about feeling other people's pain. WORD FAMILYcommiseration: commiserations+/commiserate: commiserated, commiserates, commiserating, commiseration, commiserative/commiserative: commiseratively USAGE EXAMPLESTheirs was, at first, a friendship build on commiseration. Seattle Times(Nov 18, 2016) Many people are gathering in commiseration; I am finding difficult to imagine leaving our apartment. Slate(Nov 10, 2016) Welsh Labour leader Mr Jones offered his congratulations to Mr Corbyn along with his "commiserations" to Mr Smith, who he said fought a "good campaign". BBC(Sep 24, 2016) 1n a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others Syn|Hyper pathos, pity, ruth fellow feeling, sympathy sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) 2n an expression of sympathy with another's grief Syn|Hyper condolence acknowledgement, acknowledgment a statement acknowledging something or someone |
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