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Meanings of commiseration in English

Portuguese
coisa lamentável
Catalan
compassió
Spanish
piedad

A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others.

        coisa lamentável
        Portuguese
        condolência
        Catalan
        condol
        Spanish
        condolencias

        An expression of sympathy with another's grief.

              condolência
              Usage of commiseration in English
              1
              A condescending commiseration in every look, and in every word he uttered.
              The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
              2
              I gave the city Recorder a look of commiseration as we followed.
              Sovereign
              3
              She might even access their messages, if she had time for commiseration.
              Existence
              4
              The lame man looked with the deepest commiseration into the appealing eyes.
              The Thorogood Family
              5
              The people who most frequently excite my commiseration are the free blacks.
              The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
              6
              She looked at him with a shade of commiseration in her face.
              The Cinema Murder
              7
              The women specially showed Boule de Suif an affectionate and energetic commiseration.
              Mademoiselle Fifi
              8
              The only child is an object for commiseration rather than for envy.
              An Englishwoman's Home
              9
              On the contrary, he is an object of commiseration to his friends.
              Proposed Roads to Freedom
              10
              The message left me with a feeling of shame, sadness, and commiseration.
              The Rise of David Levinsky
              11
              Monsieur d'Hauteserre exchanged looks of commiseration with his wife and Mademoiselle Goujet.
              An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
              12
              With infinite commiseration Mr. Churchouse considered what this must mean to her.
              The Spinners
              13
              He shrank from every excessive sentiment, and my commiseration was practically unbounded.
              A Set of Six
              14
              A man capable of such a notion is surely deserving of commiseration.
              The Gods are Athirst
              15
              Your father's dead, lad, answered the man in a tone of commiseration.
              Old Jack
              16
              Still, his expression denoted profound commiseration, and he shook his head thoughtfully.
              The Count's Millions
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              Commiseration through the time
              Commiseration across language varieties
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