commiseration meaning

• Noun: commiseration
  1. A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
     - pity, ruth, pathos 
  2. An expression of sympathy with another's grief
     - condolence

  Derived forms: commiserations

  See also: commiserate

  Type of: acknowledgement, acknowledgment, fellow feeling, sympathy

Examples

1. it was easier to endure his insolence than his commiseration.
2. with much commiseration she taken out of court.
3. "how came you to think of him?" said the dwarf in a tone of great commiseration.
4. he expressed his commiserations on my misfortune
5. i expressed my commiserations on his misfortune