COMMISERATION Synonyms

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

• an unfortunate development

• the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

• share the suffering of

• a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

• a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal

• give moral or emotional strength to

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

• the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

• something that interests you because it is important or affects you

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

• be relevant to

• be on the mind of

• understanding and entering into another's feelings

• the expression of approval and support

• the act of giving hope or support to someone

• the feeling of being encouraged

• the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

• tendency to be kind and forgiving

• a kind act

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• comfort in disappointment or misery

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• give moral or emotional strength to

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

• a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

• a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

• a style that has the power to evoke feelings

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

• United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)

• the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

• a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died