Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The feeling or expression of pity or sorrow. synonym: pity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of commiserating; sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
- noun An expression of pity; condolence: as, I send you my commiserations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
commiserating ;sorrow for thewants ,afflictions , ordistresses of another; pity; compassion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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Examples
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None of which has anything to do with what you're going through, but I offer this humble tale in commiseration with your continuing insomnia problem.
"This is my dream. I make the path." readingthedark 2010
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They looked now to where he stood outside the door, receiving commiseration from a group of mourners.
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Greutz, of surprise and commiseration from the German, and of something that might have been fright or pain from Julia.
The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913
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When he straightened, there was an expression of commiseration on Queen Victoria’s long horse face.
Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009
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When he straightened, there was an expression of commiseration on Queen Victoria’s long horse face.
Worldshaker Richard Harland 2009
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Chris, her arm still around him, patted his shoulder in commiseration.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007
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When I saw this cartoon, though, I felt a certain commiseration.
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Once, they could dominate a conversation by recalling various disasters — the rest of us would grimly shake our heads in commiseration.
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This industrial spirit was for a, time very successful and the old time farmer, the world looked upon with a certain commiseration.
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For this reason, the only ones in the enemy's ranks who awakened his commiseration were the lowly and unlettered dead interred beneath the sod.
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