Mark Hoppus

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

American Musician

Ryan Holmes

I don't know how many times I've turned to Twitter and Facebook to commiserate and celebrate, bounce ideas off of friends, colleagues and other entrepreneurs, and just connect with the wider world outside my office.

Canadian Businessman

Jen Sincero

We love to commiserate and troubleshoot and prepare for the worst, and gratitude yanks us out of that and reminds us of the ridiculous amount of infinite blessings that are around us at all times.

American Author

Abhijit Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi, the ultimate didi and dada of Indian politics, should really commiserate.

American Economist

Herb Caen

New Yorkers are stuck in a gloomy mucilage of mutual commiseration.

American Journalist

Use 'commiserate' when sharing someone's feelings of sadness, not just acknowledging them.

Emotional Connection

'Commiserate' is often used in situations of loss or disappointment, rather than minor inconveniences.

Situational Usage

Don't use 'commiserate' for happy occasions; it's reserved for times of sorrow or difficulty.

Not For Joy

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 to have thoughts about our thoughts. We have an instinct for language, allowing us to share the fruits of our ingenuity and experience. We are deepened with the capacity for sympathy, for pity, imagination, compassion, commiseration.

Commiserate

Emotional Connection

Situational Usage

Not For Joy

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