Other forms: commiserated, commiserates, commiserating
To commiserate is to share somebody's sorrow and say so. Commiserate with him, we commiserated, commiserate over a drink.
It nearly always takes with, and the sharing is what matters, since to commiserate is to sit alongside somebody rather than to advise them. Commiserations is the standard word after a defeat.
1verbcommiserateTo share somebody's sorrow and say so.
“I phoned my friend to commiserate after she failed her driving test.”
commiserate is a sympathising.
Latin commiserari means to pity with, from com plus miserari, to lament, from miser, wretched.
From commiserātus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA