commiserative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English commiserate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English commiserative

    From commiserate + -ive.

    Adjective

    commiserative (comparative more commiserative, superlative most commiserative)

    1. Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy
      Synonyms: pitiful; see also Thesaurus:pitying

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