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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