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- Dictionarycommiseration/kəˌmɪzəˈreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; compassion: "the other actors offered him clumsy commiseration"
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a feeling or expression of sympathy for someone about some bad luck: She gave me a look of commiseration as I entered the room. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sympathy & compassion. aw. bad/hard/tough luck! idiom. better luck next time idiom. bleeding heart. cheese. heart-wrenchingly. heartrendingly. pitifully. pitifulness. pityingly.
Commiseration definition: the act of empathizing, or expressing sympathy or sorrow for someone about something. See examples of COMMISERATION used in a sentence.
The meaning of COMMISERATE is to feel or express sympathy : condole. How to use commiserate in a sentence.
Synonyms for COMMISERATION: sympathy, compassion, empathy, feeling, regret, kindness, pity, condolence; Antonyms of COMMISERATION: indifference, callousness, heartlessness, cruelty, unconcern, insensitivity, hatred, hostility
Commiseration refers to feelings of sympathy for other people. If a friend's pet dies, you will probably want to express your commiseration.