The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. (present participle of commiserate English)
Usage examples of "commiserating".
And he escorted her back to the runabout without too many people commiserating with her.
Doremus fixed a commiserating look on the Sergeant and shook his head dolefully.
You see, we'd talked it all out months ago, when she was still in control of her faculties, and did a lot of commiserating and accepting and emotional purging.
As they had wafted away to the east, they had reached out in poignant farewell, caressing and commiserating and sending a final warm surge flooding the neural networks of those who had been faithful, so that the gray-tore prisoners had an illusion of celebration in place of grief and despair.
Chance patted the fellow on the shoulder, commiserating, while Queynt tried to hide his smile.