|
|
Definition of Commiserative
1. Adjective. Feeling or expressing sympathy. "Made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue"
Definition of Commiserative
1. a. Feeling or expressing commiseration.
Definition of Commiserative
1. Adjective. Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commiserative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commiserative
Literary usage of Commiserative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Communistic Societies of the United States: From Personal Visit and by Charles Nordhoff (1875)
"... the sanctuary which he had so often profaned, and from the presence of those
moistened eyes and commiserative looks which he never would again behold. ..."
2. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"... horror without also awakening the reflection that the speaker was a man of
great sensibility and had a wonderful command of commiserative terminology. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1865)
"They tell you compassionately, with a sort of commiserative courtesy that is
worse than the cold stage of the ague, that yon have only to use your eyes to ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"COMMISERATION, (kcm-roiz-er-a'-Bhun) n. ». Pity ; compassion.
To COMMISERATE, (kom-miz'-er-ate) vo To pity. commiserative, (kcm-miz'-er-a-tiv) a. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1842)
"... of weakness and exhaustion —expressed himself very impatient o,' the commiserative
babble of ..."
Other Resources:
