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Commiserate Meaning:
- to feel or express sorrow or pity for.
- sympathize with.
“commiserated over failure”
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Derivatives:
commiserable - adjective
commiseration - noun
commiserative - adjective
commiseratively - adverb
commiserator - noun
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Commiserate Synonyms:
ache, comfort, compassionate, condole, console, express sympathy for, feel for, feel sorry for, feel with, feel, grieve for, lament for, pity, sorrow with, sympathize, yearn.
Commiserate Antonyms:
be indifferent, turn away
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Use Commiserate in a sentence:
1. Her friends commiserated when Lisa had a breakup; she was totally upset over it.
2. Gwen could sincerely commiserate with Fred for losing all the files on his computer since the same thing had happened to her the previous year.
3. He found it difficult to commiserate with his sister for burning the roast because she was talking with her boyfriend for an hour on the telephone.
4. He commiserated with her predicament.
5. “We should commiserate our mutual ignorance”
6. They commiserated with him over the loss of his job.
7. So we can only commiserate with Mark, whose Vintage Car was stolen over the Weekend.
8. "It's a shame to have woken you up," said Sam, commiseratingly, stepping in.
9. After I lost the dance competition, my best friend came over to commiserate.
10. Ron and Hermione both gave Harry half-exasperated, half-commiserating looks.
11. Harry commiserated with his best friend when Ginny beat him to the Snitch, but secretly he was proud of her.
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Did you know?
Pitying someone is simply feeling sorry for their grief with a slight overtone of condescension.
Commiseration implies more equality, sharing their grief rather than feeling sorry for them.
Recently, I saw one of the websites having this as a usage of commiserate:
“Eastfield will embark on a lengthy tour in April and May to commiserate 10 years of their existence.”
WRONG USAGE…!!! The right word in this context would be to commemorate….
You would never commiserate somebody’s existence…!!!
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Some more examples:
1. Any commiseration wouldn’t give her respite…!!!
2. "I do not share your commiseration for that young man," said Mr. Bernard austerely.
3. Lina patted her friend’s back, commiserating.
4. The skipper's daughter was standing beside him, looking down commiseratingly.
5. Sam regarded his cousin with commiseration. Horrid things had been happening to him during the last few days.
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I like the way this website neatly displays examples in a sentence form for learners to easily grasp the meaning of the word. I personally learn many new vocabulary but find it difficult to use them in a sentence. I just cannot, it's like, how do I do it..? Thank you for having such a lovely website to help learners, like me, out!
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