Synonyms for commiserate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuh-miz-uh-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɪz əˌreɪt

Définition of commiserate

Origin : c.1600, from Latin commiseratus, past participle of commiserari "to pity, bewail" (see commiseration). Related: Commiserated; commiserating. An Old English loan-translation of commiserate was efensargian.

verb listen to woes of another

Example sentences :

When art thou so ready, when is it so seasonable to thee, to commiserate, as in misery?
Extract from : « Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions » by John Donne

I scarcely knew whether to envy or commiserate their apathy.
Extract from : « Manco, the Peruvian Chief » by W.H.G. Kingston

They appeared to know her well, and seemed greatly to commiserate us.
Extract from : « The Two Supercargoes » by W.H.G. Kingston

Strongly did I commiserate her, and gently strove to draw her into discourse.
Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard

I commiserate with you on the loss of your salary of eighteen pence a week.
Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke

He exhibited an anguish that they were not able to commiserate.
Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith

How then can we commiserate with it as an unfortunate country?
Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton

This we know, for it has been our own state, and therefore we know how to commiserate it in others.
Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper

I cannot blame you for what you have done:—I commiserate—I pity you!
Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds

Taught in the school of slavery, he knew how to commiserate the slave.
Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works; Volume 2 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner

Antonyms for commiserate

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