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Definition of Commiserate
1. Verb. To feel or express sympathy or compassion. "Sam and Sue Commiserate"
Generic synonyms: Compassionate, Condole With, Feel For, Pity, Sympathize With
Specialized synonyms: Condole
Derivative terms: Commiseration, Commiseration, Commiserative, Sympathiser, Sympathy, Sympathizer, Sympathy
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
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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