Definition of Commiserate

1. Verb. To feel or express sympathy or compassion. "Sam and Sue commiserate"


Definition of Commiserate

1. v. t. To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

Definition of Commiserate

1. Adjective. (obsolete rare) commiserating, pitying, lamentful ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something). ¹

3. Verb. (ambitransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive as the phrasal verb ''commiserate with'') To sympathize; condole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commiserate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commiserate

comminglers
commingles
commingling
comminglingly
comminglings
comminute
comminuted
comminuted fracture
comminuted skull fracture
comminutes
comminuting
comminution
comminutions
commis
commiserable
commiserate (current term)
commiserated
commiserates
commiserating
commiseratingly
commiseration
commiserations
commiserative
commiserator
commiserators
commish
commissaire
commissar
commissarial
commissariat

Literary usage of Commiserate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Recollections of the American Revolution: A Private Journal by Lydia Minturn Post (1859)
"I deeply commiserate their wretched lot. Nothing to ennoble the contest; no homes and hearths to fight for; no country to save; no freedom to bleed and die ..."

2. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1908)
"... yit he will except of no kynd of conditione," but will starve her to death. She beseeches their Lordships to commiserate her case, ..."

3. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin, William Duane (1859)
"... hurt our friends with them, and such as will honestly return them when peace shall be happily restored. I sincerely commiserate the distress of your ..."

4. Boston Common; a Diary of Notable Events: Incidents, and Neighboring Occurrences by Samuel Barber (1914)
"... however, commiserate the disappointment of some and with the next Sunday may afford some gentler relaxation from divine service. ..."

5. A New Critical Japanese-English Dictionary by Miki Yamaguchi, Iwaf Irie (1907)
"pity on ¡ to commiserate; to compassionate. -la^A ;» to take P'tJ on »«an. . ; -., ."•• . : :^ A > Io have pity on a poor man,..; • ,пит.д r:, ..."

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