commiseration
61pauvre — (pô vr ; Palsgrave, p. 11, au XVIe siècle, remarque que poure se prononçait povre) adj. 1° Qui n a pas le nécessaire, ou qui ne l a qu à peine. Lorsqu on lui voulait représenter cela [l exiguïté de son revenu] quand il faisait quelque aumône… …
62commiserate — c.1600, from L. commiseratus, pp. of commiserari to pity, bewail (see COMMISERATION (Cf. commiseration)). Related: Commiserated; commiserating. An O.E. loan translation of commiserate was efensargian …
63commiserate — [[t]kəmɪ̱zəreɪt[/t]] commiserates, commiserating, commiserated VERB If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them. [V with n] When I lost, he commiserated with me. Derived words:… …
64sympathy — [n1] shared feeling accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness,… …
65pity — [pit′ē] n. pl. pities [ME pite < OFr pitet < L pietas: see PIETY] 1. sorrow felt for another s suffering or misfortune; compassion; sympathy 2. the ability to feel such compassion 3. a cause for sorrow or regret vt., vi. pitied, pitying [ …
66ruth — noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others the blind are too often objects of pity • Syn: ↑commiseration, ↑pity, ↑pathos • Derivationally related forms: ↑pathetic (for: ↑p …
67Commiserative — Com*mis er*a*tive, a. Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd. [1913 Webster] …
68Miseration — Mis er*a tion, n. Commiseration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
69commiserate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin commiseratus, past participle of commiserari, from com + miserari to pity, from miser wretched Date: 1594 intransitive verb to feel or express sympathy ; condole < …
70pitiful — adjective Date: 14th century 1. archaic full of pity ; compassionate 2. a. deserving or arousing pity or commiseration b. exciting pitying contempt (as by meanness or inadequacy) < pitiful wages > • pitifully adverb • pitifulness …
