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commiseration

[kuh-miz-uh-rey-shuhn] / kəˌmɪz əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Commiseration or empathy from peer app users inevitably follows.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Commiseration of Mrs. Prichard was not the doctor's object.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

This good lady always caught Commiseration napping, if ever that quality took forty winks.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

As those Sentiments naturally engage the Reader to regard the Mother of Mankind with more than ordinary Commiseration, they likewise contain a very fine Moral.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Commiseration is as tender as compassion, but more remote and hopeless; we have commiseration for sufferers whom we can not reach or can not relieve.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin




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