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    [Verb]  | "com*mis*er*ate" | \ kə-ˈmi-zə-ˌrāt \


    1: to feel or express sympathy : condole

    2: to feel or express sorrow or compassion for

    Origin: circa 1584 ;

     Latin commiseratus, past participle of commiserari, from com- + miserari to pity, from miser wretched;

    [Noun]  | "commiseration" 


    1: sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune;


      * e.g., " ... letters of commiseration sent to the hospitalized student "




    2: the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune;


      * e.g., " ... a heartless businessman with no commiseration for the less fortunate "




    [Verb]  | "commiserate (with)" 


    1: to have sympathy for;


      * e.g., " ... we commiserated with him but there was little we could do to make the situation better "



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     [ "commiserate" ]

    1: To pity

     [ "commiserate" ]

    1: Constantly bitching about one’s circumstances, hoping to one up the other in how miserable one can be. Typically comes from losers with little to no personality.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: God my life sucks so hard, I wish things would go back to the way they were… Guy 2: Yeah well my mom got cancer and all I ever do now these days is drink until I’m in a stupor and do drugs… my life sucks. Guy 3: You two faggots commiserate and whine every day on this forum instead of doing anything useful. 

     [ "commiserate" ]

    1: Offering unsolicited advice.

      * e.g.,  ... I commiserate for several iterations of back and forth, then someone actually identifies what they are stuck on and I can often quickly offer a suggestion/fix. 

     [ "commiseration" ]

    1: to express sympathy, or to lament

      * e.g.,  ... The Olympic medallist offered commiseration to those who didn’t win, the real point of the Olympic Games. 

     [ "commiserate" ]

    1: Constantly bitching about one’s circumstances, hoping to one up the other in how miserable one can be. Typically comes from losers with little to no personality.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: God my life sucks so hard, I wish things would go back to the way they were… Guy 2: Yeah well my mom got cancer and all I ever do now these days is drink until I’m in a stupor and do drugs… my life sucks. Guy 3: You two faggots commiserate and whine every day on this forum instead of doing anything useful. 

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