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commiserate

[kuh-miz-uh-rayt] / kəˈmɪz əˌreɪt /
VERB
listen to woes of another
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
be indifferent turn away


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As people commiserate online, some have shared plans to travel to neighbouring Malaysia to catch Dear You in Teochew.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

When Bill Ackman vented over $2 million, fellow billionaires rushed to commiserate.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

The feature bothers him so much that he brought it up to his family around Thanksgiving last year, expecting to commiserate with his mother, brother, sister—and his brother-in-law, me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

While a dejected England leave for home well beaten and under mounting pressure, Smith told TNT Sports he planned to have "a jar" with counterpart Stokes and commiserate.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Even if your husband commiserates with you, I wouldn’t assume that he is as bothered by his brother’s actions as you are.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

A “man of two minds,” he commiserates with his foes as easily as he deceives his friends.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

That night, before going back on shift, Letby exchanges texts with a colleague who commiserates, saying "you seem to be having some very bad luck".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023

He teases people about their sneakers and commiserates with people about life on skid row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

“I know. I miss my friends from camp so much too,” Emily commiserates.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Hijazi vented to Gowan, who commiserated from vacation in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

And they commiserated about life in space, and how ISS missions -- all three of the American Artemis astronauts had previously served on the ISS -- had prepared them for their historic lunar voyage.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu described the incident as unfortunate and commiserated with families of the deceased victims.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

The other potters seemed to slump as one into dejection, all but abandoning their work in favor of long, lugubrious visits to the wine shop, where they commiserated with one another.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

His post was flooded with comments, including people commiserating and asking him to advocate on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I was moved that the replies weren’t just from those commiserating, but rather, people offering helpful solutions to this cyclical malaise.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

I talk to some people who—we do money commiserating and they’re like, “But you have a house.”

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2024

But social media platforms are awash with women commiserating over their painful IUD insertions and sometimes removals.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Blanca and I were walking back from the subway after our night classes at Hunter, commiserating about how much work we both had.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez


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