Definition of Commiserations

1. Noun. (plural of commiseration) ¹

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Definition of Commiserations

1. commiseration [n] - See also: commiseration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commiserations

comminuted
comminuted fracture
comminuted skull fracture
comminutes
comminuting
comminution
comminutions
commis
commiserable
commiserate
commiserated
commiserates
commiserating
commiseratingly
commiseration
commiserations
commiserative
commiserator
commiserators
commish
commissaire
commissar
commissarial
commissariat
commissariats
commissaries
commissars
commissary
commissaryship
commissaryships

Literary usage of Commiserations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"... but rested quietly satisfied in the infinite unbounded goodness and tenderness of his Father, and the commiserations of Jesus Christ . ..."

2. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1860)
"They were obliged ingloriously to resign their position, and were subjected to the tantalizing commiserations of the Class. A man who has been unfortunate ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Later there were conjectures about "her," bits of personal description, faint suggestions of longing, of aspiration ; then commiserations of his own ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"With what mortified indignation did these gentry receive the news of the conquest! What interesting and sentimental commiserations they lavished on ..."

5. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"The others came back, and poured out their sympathies and commiserations, and were full of self-reproaches for not having noticed how pale he WHS. ..."

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