Definition of "commiserate" verb third-person singular simple present commiserates , present participle commiserating , simple past and past participle commiserated
(transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something ). quotations examples
Quotations 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 ;...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 160