All 4 Uses of
commiserate
in
War and Peace
- Tushin's large, kind, intelligent eyes were fixed with sympathy and commiseration on Rostov, who saw that Tushin with his whole heart wished to help him but could not.†
Chpt 2 *
- She looked into her lover's face and saw in it a look of commiseration and perplexity.†
Chpt 6
- "What is the matter, Count?" asked the countess in a surprised and commiserating tone.†
Chpt 11
- He tried to avoid his old acquaintances with their commiseration and offensive offers of assistance; he avoided all distraction and recreation, and even at home did nothing but play cards with his mother, pace silently up and down the room, and smoke one pipe after another.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(commiserate) to feel or express sympathy or compassion for another