commiserate

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/kəˈmɪzəɹət/
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/kəˈmɪzəɹət/ · /kəˈmɪzəɹeɪt/

Definition of commiserate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, rare)Commiserating, pitying, lamentful.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, rare)Commiserating, pitying, lamentful.

verb

  1. (transitive)To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
    “A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.”
    “Lord Meersbrook had remarked the same woman a day or two before, peering into the area, as if looking for some of the servants, yet neither venturing to ring nor knock; he concluded she was there for no good, but the self-commiserating tone in which she spoke, together with her Irish accent, now caught his ear;...”
  2. (intransitive)To sympathize; condole.
  3. (ambitransitive)To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.

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Etymology

From commiserātus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror.

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