commiseration
Feeling another's pain
Commiseration is sympathy or pity for someone else's misfortune or suffering.
It implies shared feeling—suffering along with another person: We offered our commiserations after she lost her job.
The verb commiserate often takes "with": He commiserated with his friend over the breakup.
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- fellow-feelingSympathetic emotional connection
- solidarityUnity among allies
kindness · concern · caring · sensitivity · warmth · rapport · attunement · tenderness
Ease or soothing relief
- solaceRelief from distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
encouragement · condolence · succor · balm · relief · alleviation · heartening · cheering
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
anguish · funeral · wake · eulogy · memorial · condolence card · sympathy card · shiva
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- fellow-feelingSympathetic emotional connection
solidarity · kindness · concern · caring · sensitivity · warmth · rapport · attunement · tenderness · supportiveness
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
- solaceRelief from distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- supportTo uphold or sustain
soothing · encouragement · condolence · succor · balm · relief · alleviation · heartening · cheering · assuagement
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
lamentation · anguish · funeral · wake · eulogy · memorial · condolence card · sympathy card · shiva · keening
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- condolencesmy condolences, heartfelt condolences, deepest sympathy, sorry for your loss, with sympathy
- comfortcomfort, comforts, coziness, snugness, softness
commiserationheartlessness
Lack of compassion
callousness · cruelty · indifference · mockery · schadenfreude
commiserationindifference
Lack of interest
unconcern · apathy · insensitivity · coldness · detachment