commiserateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From commiserātus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kəmĭʹzərət, IPA: /kəˈmɪzəɹət/

形容詞

commiserate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) commiserating, pitying, lamentful
   • 1593: Thomas Nashe, Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem, page 157 (1815 edited republication)

     In the time of Gregory Nazianzene, if we may credit ecclesiastical records, there sprung up the direfulest mortality in Rome that mankind hath been acquainted with; scarce able were the living to bury the dead, and not so much but their streets were digged up for graves, which this holy Father (with no little commiserate heart-bleeding) beholding, commanded all the clergy (for he was at that time their chief bishop) to assemble in prayer and supplications, and deal forcingly beseeching with God, to intermit his fury and forgive them.

参照

• “†coˈmmiserate, ppl. a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

語源 2

From the above adjective, see at -ate for more.

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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kəmĭʹzərāt, IPA: /kəˈmɪzəɹeɪt/

動詞

commiserate (third-person singular simple present commiserates, present participle commiserating, simple past and past participle commiserated)

1. (transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).

   Synonyms: compassionate, feel sorry for; see also Thesaurus:pity

   A few individuals who commiserated the unhappy condition of British negro slaves.

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160:

     Lord Meersbrook had remarked the same woman a day or two before, peering into the area, as if looking for some of the servants, yet neither venturing to ring nor knock; he concluded she was there for no good, but the self-commiserating tone in which she spoke, together with her Irish accent, now caught his ear;...

2. (intransitive, as the phrasal verb commiserate with) To sympathize; condole.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

派生語

関連する語

参照

• “commiserate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

関連する語

• misery