/ kəˈmɪzəreɪt; NAmE / verb
commiserate (with sb) (on / about / for / over sth) to show sb sympathy when they are upset or disappointed about sth :
[ v ]
She commiserated with the losers on their defeat.
[also v speech ]
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from Latin commiserat- commiserated, from the verb commiserari , from com- with + miserari to lament (from miser wretched).