commiserated
past simple and past participle ofcommiserate
commiserate
verb[I]
uk/kəˈmɪz.ə.reɪt/us/kəˈmɪz.ə.reɪt/toexpresssympathyto someone about somebadluck:
Ibeganby commiseratingwithheroverthedefeat.
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sympathize
Sympathy & compassion
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- better luck next timeidiom
- bleeding heart
- cheese
- heart-wrenching
- heart-wrenchingly
- heartrending
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pity
- poor
- rehumanize
- relate
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- shoulder
- sympathy
- yourheart achesidiom
- yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom
Examplesofcommiserated
commiserated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They are sincerely to becommiseratedwith on having to put up with it for even three years.
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I am not at all sure that he is not to becommiseratedwith.
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They are to becommiseratedwith because in most cases they did not deserve it.
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I have alreadycommiseratedwith those of the steel workers who are on short time.
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A man who, in the trying circumstances which surround life abroad, has those feelings, is surely to be considered andcommiserated.
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I do not know whether on that he is to becommiseratedwith or congratulated.
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Helens whocommiseratedwith me following a serious accident in which one of my little boys lost both his legs in an accident.
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I am sure we are delighted to do anything we can for these gallant soldiers—we know how deeply they are to becommiseratedwith—but the matter is surrounded with difficulty.
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He spoke of how a worker in the fields had beencommiseratedwith for the heavy burden which he had been seen carrying over the hill.
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After the damage, the people who escaped returned to assess the damage andcommiseratedeach other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Manycommiseratedwith her, but when anyone asked her about what her troubles were, she refused to reveal them.
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