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Commiserate \Com*mis"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] [L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable.] To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate.
--Denham.
We should commiserate our mutual ignorance.
--Locke.
Syn: To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
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vb. (en-past of: commiserate)
Usage examples of "commiserated".
So he and I commiserated on being abandoned and anticipated a couple of days on our own in the dormitory.
His voice was oddly nonjudgmental, as if he commiserated with me over a garden blight.
Two other young women, her close friends by the way they stood, commiserated with her.
Hardinge commiserated with her on her unfortunate accident, and Julianne told her she was glad to see her up again so that she could save the rest of them from Grandmama’s tedious conversation and constant demands.
It was a relief to him, even though the one lady talked about nothing but the travails of having six daughters to bring out when one would like nothing better than to remain on one’s own country estate all year long, and the other tittered and commiserated with him over the fact that he had to keep two matrons company when he would doubtless far prefer to be seated by someone younger and prettier.
As before, he and Marianne had commiserated on the dullness of adults and their lack of knowing how to amuse themselvesand those observations had led to their over-imaginative discussions on what constituted fun and what they could do about it.
And it was a full two weeks before the puzzle was solved for him, and then only when he went into the market, where some toady commiserated with him about his daughter disgracing herself and going to live with the schoolmaster in Heap Hollow Cottage.
She had commiserated with Nathaniel and Maria over Jimmy's loss, then when she was leaving, she said to Anna, "Come.
Public opinion does not seem to have commiserated Haydn on his position of dependence.