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   commiserate

   /kəˈmɪzəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize: "she went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances"
   • ▪ feel or express pity for (someone): "she did not exult in her rival's fall, but, on the contrary, commiserated her"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin commiserat- ‘commiserated’, from the verb commiserari, from com- ‘with’ + miserari ‘to lament’ (from miser ‘wretched’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commiserative adjective

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