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commiseration |
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commiseration noun sympathy, pity, compassion, consolation, condolence, fellow feeling I was moved to tears of pity and deep commiseration. Translations commiseration [kəˌmɪzəˈreɪʃən] N → conmiseración f my commiserations to the runner-up → lo siento mucho por el que ha llegado segundo commiseration [kəˌmɪzəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → commiserazione f commiseration [kəˌmɪzəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → commiserazione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And when I again heard such howling, then did it excite my commiseration once more. She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle,--a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium. Willoughby, he, whom only half an hour ago she had abhorred as the most worthless of men, Willoughby, in spite of all his faults, excited a degree of commiseration for the sufferings produced by them, which made her think of him as now separated for ever from her family, with a tenderness, a regret, rather in proportion, as she soon acknowledged within herself--to his wishes than to his merits. |
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