commiserative

An adjective describing the expression of sympathy or pity for someone else's misfortune; now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif décrivant une expression de compassion ou de pitié pour le malheur d'autrui ; rare en anglais moderne.

1. Expressing sympathy C1 formal

   Showing or feeling sympathy for someone else's misfortune or sadness.

   • She gave him a commiserative look after he lost the game.
   • His commiserative words helped ease her grief.
   • The letter was full of commiserative remarks about their loss.

   🇫🇷Compatissant, exprimant la sympathie

   Synonymes: compassionateempatheticsympatheticunderstanding

   Antonymes: callousindifferentunfeelingunsympathetic

• more commiserative comparative form
• most commiserative superlative form