condoling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of condole

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Condolence.

   “What admonitions would it not pour forth, what warnings, what commiseration, and what condolings.”

adj

1. Expressing condolence; sympathetic.

   “This is Ercles’ vein, a tyrant’s vein; a lover is more condoling.”

   “[…] having put the Ashes in a Silver Urn, and on it a Crown of Gold, he sent it in great state, with a condoling Letter, to the young Marcellus […]”

   “Why then dost treat me with Rebukes, instead Of kind condoling Cares and friendly Sorrow?”

   “The Brandeis house was besieged by condoling callers.”

   “I was just about to say something nice to Celia, I forget what but something condoling, when she lifted her face to me.”