COMMISERATE

commiserate, sympathize, sympathise

(verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

commiserate (not comparable)

(obsolete, rare) commiserating, pitying, lamentful

Etymology 2

Verb

commiserate (third-person singular simple present commiserates, present participle commiserating, simple past and past participle commiserated)

(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).

(intransitive, as the phrasal verb commiserate with) To sympathize; condole.

(ambitransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com*mis"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] Etym: [L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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