commiserative

ADJECTIVE
  1. feeling or expressing sympathy
    made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue
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How To Use commiserative In A Sentence

  • Without labeling myself as ‘mentally ill’ the response I often get is compassionate and commiserative.
  • And yet this sad figure is held up as a beacon of commiserative hope for women?
  • Falling asleep stuffed, waking up hungry at midnight, standing over the toilet with Jell-O legs, hoping the forecast for rain is wrong, and savoring morning comforts like an email from home and the first sip of coffee, my commiserative teammate and I wake ourselves up for another race day. Ben King Diary: Inside the Team RadioShack bus – still a novelty
  • made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue
  • Most days it's easy, and the casual conversation of a brilliant friend or two wipes away all doubt, and you find yourself feeling that you are in the aorta of the world's best thoughts, and nothing could ever compare to the commiserative ecstasy of shared sentiment. Nyfuckingcity
  • They know Bunting, who talks to them on a cordless phone while milking his cows, will lend a commiserative ear. Sour Grapes Over Milk Labeling
  • Stephanie grinned, raised her cup as if in commiserative salute, and took another sip. Stephanie Consults Her Clipboard [Card #7: The Chariot (WORK-IN-PROGRESS — v.5)]
  • Their various representatives were everything from commiserative to quietly hostile but there existed no mechanism whereby I might input ideas to help save people's homes. Matthew Anderson: The Anatomy of a Foreclosure
  • I had a latte - oh, blessed lattes - and relaxed under the commiserative gazes of a family with an adolescent son at the next table.
  • The ADL immediately made its presence felt – by turns, assertive externally and commiserative internally. Matthew Yglesias » Double Standard: In a Good Way!
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