Today's Word "Commiserate"
Published in Vocabulary
commiserate \kuh-MIZ-uh-rayt\ (verb tr.) - To feel or express sympathy or compassion for. (verb intr.) - To sympathize with.
"After both missed their weight goals for the sixth consecutive week, Mandy and Lois decided to commiserate over double fudge brownie sundaes at their favorite hamburger joint."
From Latin commiseratus, past participle of commiserari, from com- + miserari (to pity), from miser (pitiable, wretched).
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