COMMISERATING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

commiserating

verb

present participle of commiserate

as in sympathizing

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That gave way to sadness and the responsibility of consoling distraught students.

— USA TODAY staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The trailer has shots of medical staff treating screaming and severely injured patients, performing chest compressions and Robby consoling a grieving family member who received some tragic news.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of consoling

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That means the baby’s crib or bassinet can be next to the parents’ bed, which makes feeding and comforting easier, but the baby should sleep on a separate surface.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The food is a mixed bag—ranging from comforting to unimpressive to genuinely delicious, in the case of Or’esh, which was the clear standout.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of comforting

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That love for the team carried over to Zeke, who remembers cheering for the Broncos growing up and playing on The Blue as a third grader at the Optimist youth football camp.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Oct. 2026
Hegseth announced his latest assault in a speech Wednesday afternoon to a cheering audience of junior officers and enlisted men and women.

— David Ignatius, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheering

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But this amuse-bouche of live music, performed by real people in real time and a real space, before a real crowd, felt reassuring in the most profound way.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
The property had inked deals with recognizable retail brands, which looked reassuring on a leasing roster but weren’t sufficiently compelling to change local shopping patterns.

— Elie Rieder, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of reassuring

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Art history is full of artists like McNeely and Soutine, on society’s margins and empathizing with our species’ cold, systematic violence toward other animals.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Clark, 46, wished others who were laid off by ESPN on Tuesday well, empathizing with those who lost their jobs.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of empathizing

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Reed, among the first to defect to LIV Golf in 2022, chose not to renew his LIV contract this year and leads the European tour points list, assuring him a return to the PGA Tour next year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
At the same time, First Selectwoman Vicki Tesoro has been assuring residents that the change wouldn’t create the massive power and water usage associated with modern jumbo data centers.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of assuring

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