I've been through the same drawn-out process as you, so we can commiserate.
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Commiserate
//kəˈmɪzəɹət//
Synonyms for "commiserate" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
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Related words (17)
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11 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- окайвам verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- окайвам verb (to sympathize, condole)
- окая verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- окая verb (to sympathize, condole)
Finnish
3 entries- ottaa osaa verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- ottaa osaa verb (to sympathize, condole)
- ottaa osaa verb (to offer condolences)
Italian
2 entries- commiserare verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- compatire verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
Korean
1 entries- 위로를 표하다 verb (to offer condolences)
Norwegian
1 entries- kondolere verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
Polish
4 entries- współczuć verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- współczuć verb (to sympathize, condole)
- wyrazić współczucie verb (to offer condolences)
- wyrażać współczucie verb (to offer condolences)
Russian
2 entries- соболе́зновать verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
- сочу́вствовать verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- співчувати verb (to feel or express compassion or sympathy)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In the time of Gregory Nazianzene, if we may credit ecclesiastical records, there sprung up the direfulest mortality in Rome that mankind hath been acquainted with; scarce able were the living to bury the dead, and not so much but their streets were digged up for graves, which this holy Father (with no little commiserate heart-bleeding) beholding, commanded all the clergy (for he was at that time their chief bishop) to assemble in prayer and supplications, and deal forcingly beseeching with God, to intermit his fury and forgive them.
Source: wiktionary
A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.
Source: wiktionary
Lord Meersbrook had remarked the same woman a day or two before, peering into the area, as if looking for some of the servants, yet neither venturing to ring nor knock; he concluded she was there for no good, but the self-commiserating tone in which she spoke, together with her Irish accent, now caught his ear;...
Source: wiktionary
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