condole

9 synonyms and 1 antonym for condole, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Verb — To share in someone's grief and express sympathy with them, usually followed by 'with'.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

mourn moan grieve keen pity

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

lament bemoan bewail commiserate

Synonyms by Meaning

1. verb

To share in someone's grief and express sympathy with them, usually followed by 'with'.

Opposites

congratulate

2. verb

To show or feel great sadness.

lament mourn moan grieve

3. verb

To show sadness or regret about something bad that has happened.

bemoan keen bewail mourn grieve

4. verb

To tell someone that you feel sad about their loss or misfortune.

commiserate pity

Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt...

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