Meaning & use
commiserate
To express sympathy or share feelings of sorrow with someone over a misfortune.
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Friends gathered to commiserate with her after she lost the election.
We commiserated over coffee about our disastrous job interviews.
A note on using this word
Commiserate with someone requires the preposition with, and the word implies shared disappointment rather than celebration.
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