commiseration
commiseration · commiserations
Mitleid, Mitgefühl
The act of commiseratingThe act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.
Mitleid, Mitgefühl
More definitions
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- an expression of sympathy with another's grief
Translations
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By meaning 1
act of commiserating:
Origin
From Middle French commisération.From Middle French commisération.
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Forms
plural: commiserations| Singular | commiseration |
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regular
Synonyms
15 synonymsmercyB2compassionB2pityA2remorseC1sympathyB1fellow feelingbowelsempathyrueruthtenderheartednessloving-kindness
Close in meaning
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others:pityruthpathos
- an expression of sympathy with another's grief:condolence
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcommiserate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.