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commiserate

[kuh-miz-uh-reyt] / kəˈmɪz əˌreɪt /
VERB
listen to woes of another
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be indifferent turn away


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Commiserate with them to get the unvarnished truth.

From Inc • Apr. 1, 2011

"Commiserate my position and send for Miss Meredith," I prayed.

From One of My Sons by Green, Anna Katharine

Commiserate, kom-iz′ėr-āt, v.t. to feel for the miseries of another: to pity: to condole with.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Commiserate to the erring she was Regina angelorum, the angel queen.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

He saw no reason why his friends should Commiserate him because of the endless handshaking.

From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright)




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