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/kəmˌɪsəɹˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
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a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
the blind are too often objects of pity -
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
they sent their condolences
How To Use commiseration In A Sentence
- My commiserations to those poor unfortunate souls who returned to college today.
- Mencius 'si duan - commiseration, sharing, courtesy and right versus wrong - are considered to be inborn but not worthy of celebration. Tom Doctoroff: Human Rights in China: What Consumer Behavior Reveals
- Homer, who, of all poets, knew best how to exhibit the emotions of a vehement affection, seldom attempts to excite commiseration.
- Whether, flattered by an honor I had not expected, I endeavored to enhance the value of it; or that there really was in the embrace a little of that commiseration natural to generous hearts, I found in her manner and look something energetical which penetrated me. The Confessions of J J Rousseau
- For this reason, the only ones in the enemy's ranks who awakened his commiseration were the lowly and unlettered dead interred beneath the sod. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis) from the Spanish of Vincente Blasco Ibanez; authorized translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan.
- This time, Billy Stone came prepared with more than words of commiseration.
- Elizabeth immediately reached out to embrace her, and Jane gladly accepted the offered commiseration.
- As he blew the final whistle Collina walked over to the distraught Kahn to offer his commiserations but Kahn was unmoved.
- A nod of commiseration gains the force of imprimatur, becoming an official endorsement of the validity of his opinions.
- On Wednesday, an embarrassed American student came in search of commiseration.