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verb (used with object)
1.
to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
verb (used without object)
2.
to sympathize (usually followed by with): They commiserated with him over the loss of his job.
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Commiseration
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Origin:
1585–95; < Latin commiserātus (past participle of commiserārī), equivalent to com- com- + miser pitiable (see misery) + -ātus -ate1
1585–95; < Latin commiserātus (past participle of commiserārī), equivalent to com- com- + miser pitiable (see misery) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
com·mis·er·a·ble, adjective
com·mis·er·a·tion, noun
com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
com·mis·er·a·tor, noun
EXPANDnon·com·mis·er·a·tion, noun
non·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
non·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
un·com·mis·er·at·ed, adjective
un·com·mis·er·at·ing, adjective
un·com·mis·er·a·tive, adjective
un·com·mis·er·a·tive·ly, adverb
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- Apparently she never got the memo that our gatherings were outlets for complaint and commiseration.
- It's an olive branch of commiseration about what is not, and a hopeful readiness for what is.
- People will pick it up expecting a tasty blend of commiseration and advice.
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Word Origin & History
commiseration
1580s, from L. commiserationem "act or fact of pitying," from commiserari "to pity," from com- intens. prefix + miserari "bewail, lament," from miser "wretched."
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