n. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of commiserating; sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
n. An expression of pity; condolence: as, I send you my commiserations.
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n. an expression of sympathy with another's grief
n. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Word Usage
"None of which has anything to do with what you're going through, but I offer this humble tale in commiseration with your continuing insomnia problem."