Commiseration — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

an expression of sympathy with another's grief

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈuːʃəl/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsplˈiːzd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsplˈiːzd/

5 syllables Say it as /kɹˈuːʃəl/.

Examples

the blind are too often objects of pity
they sent their condolences

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ruth pathos pity condolence

Parts of Speech

noun	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others “the blind are too often objects of pity”
noun	an expression of sympathy with another's grief “they sent their condolences”

Word Forms

commiserate	verb	to feel or express sympathy or compassion
piteous	adjective	deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy
pity	verb	share the suffering of
pathetic	adjective	deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy
condolent	adjective	expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
condole	verb	express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Mitgefühl

ein Gefühl von Mitgefühl und Trauer über das Unglück anderer

🇫🇷French

commisération

un sentiment de sympathie et de tristesse pour le malheur des autres

🇪🇸Spanish

conmiseración

un sentimiento de simpatía y tristeza por las desgracias de los demás

🇮🇹Italian

commiserazione

un sentimento di simpatia e dolore per le disgrazie degli altri

🇳🇱Dutch

medelijden

een gevoel van sympathie en verdriet voor de tegenslagen van anderen

🇵🇹Portuguese

comiseração

um sentimento de simpatia e tristeza pelos infortúnios dos outros

🇷🇺Russian

сочувствие

чувство сочувствия и скорби по поводу чужих несчастий

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समवेदना

दूसरों के दुर्भाग्य के प्रति सहानुभूति और दुःख की भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

সমবেদনা

অন্যদের দুর্ভাগ্যের জন্য সহানুভূতি এবং দুঃখের অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

மன்னிப்பு

மற்றவர்களின் துரதிர்ஷ்டங்களுக்கு அனுதாபம் மற்றும் துக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కమిసరేషన్

ఇతరుల దురదృష్టాల పట్ల సానుభూతి మరియు విచారం యొక్క భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

सहानुभूती

इतरांच्या दुर्दैवाबद्दल सहानुभूती आणि दुःखाची भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

સહાનુભૂતિ

અન્યના કમનસીબી માટે સહાનુભૂતિ અને દુ: ખની લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಮಾಧಾನ

ಇತರರ ದುರದೃಷ್ಟಕರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿ ಮತ್ತು ದುಃಖದ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കമ്മീഷനേഷൻ

മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ നിർഭാഗ്യങ്ങളോടുള്ള സഹതാപവും സങ്കടവും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਮਦਰਦੀ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਬਦਕਿਸਮਤੀ ਲਈ ਹਮਦਰਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہمدردی

دوسروں کی بدقسمتی کے لیے ہمدردی اور غم کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

怜悯

对他人不幸的同情和悲伤的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

思いやり

他人の不幸に対する同情と悲しみの感情

🇰🇷Korean

연민

다른 사람의 불행에 대한 동정심과 슬픔

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thương xót

một cảm giác đồng cảm và đau buồn trước những bất hạnh của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ความมุ่งมั่น

ความรู้สึกเห็นอกเห็นใจและความโศกเศร้าต่อความโชคร้ายของผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

rasa simpati

perasaan simpati dan duka atas kemalangan orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

pakikiramay

isang pakiramdam ng pakikiramay at kalungkutan para sa mga kasawian ng iba

🇲🇾Malay

rasa simpati

perasaan simpati dan sedih atas musibah orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رثاء

- الشعور بالتعاطف والحزن على مصائب الآخرين

🇮🇷Persian

دلسوزی

احساس همدردی و اندوه برای بدبختی های دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

taziye

Başkalarının talihsizlikleri için sempati ve üzüntü duygusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

הִשׁתַתְפוּת בְּצַעַר

תחושה של הזדהות וצער על חוסר המזל של אחרים

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The primary meaning of 'commiseration' is 'a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others'.

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Using 'commiseration' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'commiseration' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'commiseration' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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