commiseration

Nouns

  • (n) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
    • the blind are too often objects of pity
    pity, pathos, ruth,
  • (n) an expression of sympathy with another's grief
    • they sent their condolences
    condolence,

Synonyms

pity pathos ruth condolence

Words of close approximity

commiserative