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单词 commiserating
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commiseratingn.

Brit. /kəˈmɪzəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /kəˈmɪzəˌreɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commiserate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < commiserate v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of commiserate v.; commiseration; (also) an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > expression of
commiserationc1540
commiserating1599
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 49 They thought they would be more implacable in condoling and commiserating.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. ii. 232 The beholding of the Templars torments..wrought in the people..a commiserating of their persons.
1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum ii. i. 63 Our God..would have the Seed of sining to pass on into the fruit of commiserating.
1854 J. Burns Serm. designed for Sick Room 39 Mercy..is the commiserating of the unworthy, and acting even graciously towards the guilty.
1940 L. Hughes Big Sea iii. 301 There is often an amazing amount of gushing, of blundering, of commiserating, of talking pro and con.
2011 K. Stockham Sheriff's Daughter xvi. 153 Tonight there would be no commiserating on tap. Tonight was all about celebrating Holly's twenty-ninth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

commiseratingadj.

Brit. /kəˈmɪzəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /kəˈmɪzəˌreɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commiserate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < commiserate v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier commiserate adj. and slightly earlier commiserant adj.
That expresses commiseration; pitying, compassionate; sympathetic.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > showing or expressing
commiserate1593
commiserantc1606
commiserating1609
commiserative1614
commiserable1618
compassionating1635
compassioning1830
1609 J. Melton Sixe-folde Politician ii. 122 The dolefull dittie of this commiserating reply.
1674 R. Head Jackson's Recantation sig. E2v You..may be bound in a Ditch till some commiserating Passenger release you.
1694 J. Hartcliffe Serm. before Lord Mayor 9 Not that he is always moved to relieve another..to content his own commiserating nature.
1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death ix, in Philos. Wks. III. 416 Young Men are generous and commiserating; but old ones close, and harder of Heart.
1790 Analyt. Rev. Dec. 434 Without extending one commiserating sigh to the wretched hamlet.
1827 J. Foster Let. 20 Apr. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 127 I should feel something very like a commiserating sympathy.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. viii. 139 His commiserating admirers of the non-voting sex.
1914 H. James Middle Years 80 A bland, benign, commiserating hostess.
1963 B. Abro July 14 Assassination v. 32 The farmer's wife gave her a commiserating look intended to show that she ‘knew’.
2003 Sewanee Rev. 111 p. lxxvii Included is a commiserating letter by Shelley.

Derivatives

coˈmmiseratingly adv. in a commiserating manner; with pity or compassion; sympathetically.
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1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 122 God I trust will commiseratingly say as once he did to his Church by his Prophet, [etc.]
1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington x, in Once a Week 24 Mar. 269/1 ‘Poor Jack!’ Evan interjected commiseratingly.
1918 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. Dec. 240 He writes commiseratingly concerning those who..suffered from famine.
2007 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 10 Mar. 2 My host..plies me commiseratingly with..his home-made fruit schnapps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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