Commiseration
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion. countable, uncountable
"But her assertion soon proved its truth. That very evening I met both the Duc de Joyeuse and Mademoiselle Guerchy;—a slight embarrassment on his part, a little air of triumphant impertinence on hers, and an affected but insolent commiseration from Mademoiselle de Guise, told the whole."
- 2 an expression of sympathy with another's grief wordnet
- 3 a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others wordnet
Example
More examples"But her assertion soon proved its truth. That very evening I met both the Duc de Joyeuse and Mademoiselle Guerchy;—a slight embarrassment on his part, a little air of triumphant impertinence on hers, and an affected but insolent commiseration from Mademoiselle de Guise, told the whole."
Etymology
From Middle French commisération.