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Commiserate

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.

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Compassionate 76% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Pity 76% connected

Piety.

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Condole 76% connected

To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

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Commiseration 74% connected

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

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Commiseration 74% connected

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

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Commiserative 74% connected

Feeling or expressing commiseration.

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Commiserative 74% connected

Feeling or expressing commiseration.

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Condolence 74% connected

Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

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Condolence 74% connected

Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

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Sympathize 92% connected

To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

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Ache verb · 78% connection

To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed.

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Alas interj. · 78% connection

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the da…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Bemoan verb · 78% connection

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.

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Compassion noun · 78% connection

Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.

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Complain verb · 78% connection

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of.…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Complaint noun · 78% connection

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Cruel adjective · 78% connection

Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Deplore verb · 78% connection

To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

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Feel verb · 78% connection

To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasur…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Forthink verb · 78% connection

To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Grieve verb · 78% connection

To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.

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Hypocrisy noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a conceal…

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Insusceptible adjective · 78% connection

Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Lackaday interj. · 78% connection

Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Lament verb · 78% connection

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Mourn verb · 78% connection

To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or sadness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Mournful adjective · 78% connection

Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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Pathos noun · 78% connection

That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emot…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: feel, sorrow, pain, regret, pity.
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