commiserate
/kəˈmɪzəɹət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.
Example Sentences
- "In the time of Gregory Nazianzene, if we may credit ecclesiastical records, there sprung up the direfulest mortality in Rome that mankind hath been acquainted with; scarce able were the living to bury the dead, and not so much but their streets were digged up for graves, which this holy Father (with no little commiserate heart-bleeding) beholding, commanded all the clergy (for he was at that time their chief bishop) to assemble in prayer and supplications, and deal forcingly beseeching with God, to intermit his fury and forgive them."
- "A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves."
- "Lord Meersbrook had remarked the same woman a day or two before, peering into the area, as if looking for some of the servants, yet neither venturing to ring nor knock; he concluded she was there for no good, but the self-commiserating tone in which she spoke, together with her Irish accent, now caught his ear;..."
Etymology
From commiserātus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kəˈmɪzəɹət/