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commiserate
Meaning: to express sympathy with someone who is suffering or disappointed
commiserate in a sentence
How commiserate is used in real sentences:
The defeated candidates met afterward to commiserate over the narrow result.
After the close defeat, the two captains stayed behind to commiserate.
“After a storm stranded everyone in the same shelter, Mara watched the assistant commiserate with a council member whose family story seemed threatened by the findings.”
— from the passage The Moraine Calendar
Synonyms for commiserate
Other words for commiserate — sympathize, empathize and condole — carry the same meaning.
- sympathize
- empathize
- condole
Antonyms of commiserate
Words that mean the opposite of commiserate:
- gloat
- rejoice
Where it comes from
From Latin commiserari, meaning 'to pity.'
Memory hook
COM-MISERY: people commiserate by coming together over misery.
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