commiseration

Noun

Meaning

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ruth pity pathos condolence grace support understanding concern relief feeling humanity consideration charity sensitivity comfort
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Antonyms

despite depression malice congratulations violence evil
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Hypernyms

acknowledgment sympathy acknowledgement

Anagrams

antimicrosome

Examples

The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity. Mencius

I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind .... Henry Clay

She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle - a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium. Kate Chopin

The neighboring tribes are becoming daily less warlike, and more helpless and dependent on us ... [T]hey have, in a great measure, ceased to be an object of terror, and have become that of commiseration. John C. Calhoun

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration. Herb Caen

'By heaven, that thou art fair, is most infallible true, that thou art beauteous truth itself, that thou art lovely. More fairer than fair, beautiful than beauteous, truer than truth itself, have commiseration on thy heroical vassal. William Shakespeare

Close letter words and terms

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