Definition of "commiseration" noun countable and uncountable , plural commiserations
The act of commiserating ; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another ; pity ; compassion . quotations examples
Quotations 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 .
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 197