Synonyms for commiserate
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Verb
1. Feel sorry for — to feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something)
feel sorry for, pity, feel for, compassionate dated, compassion dated, rue dated, condole dated, mercify dated rare
Other
sympathize US CA, sympathise UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.
Related words
- Word family
- commiseration commiserative
Forms
- Past participle
- commiserated
e.g. commiserated → pitied, compassionated, compassioned, rued…
Example sentences
- pity It was a pity that Tom couldn't come to our party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| commiserate | rising | |
| pity | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rue1
- 4 letters
- pity2
- 7 letters
- condole, mercify
- 10 letters
- compassion3, sympathize3, sympathise
- 13 letters
- compassionate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pity2 = 2 syllables).