condoled

Offered grief's comfort

Condoled is the past tense of condole, meaning to express sympathy or sorrow to someone who has suffered a loss or misfortune.

The word appears most often with "with": She condoled with the widow after the funeral.

Condole is formal and relatively uncommon; most people offer condolences rather than condole.

comfort

sympathy

Compassionate understanding of others

reassuranceWords meant to calm
soothingReducing distress or discomfort
solaceRelief from distress

compassion · understanding · kindness · tenderness · warmth · caring · gentleness · support · encouragement · heartfelt

grief

bereavement

State following loss

lossBeing without something
sorrowDeep emotional distress
heartacheDeep emotional distress

anguish · mourning · lamentation · sadness · despair · woe · melancholy · grieving · tears · heartbreak

mourning

funeral

Service honoring the dead

wakePath left in water
memorialThing preserving remembrance
eulogyTribute for the dead

remembrance · interment · cemetery · grave · obituary · shiva · visitation · wreath · black armband · sitting shiva

expression

reached out

Made an attempt to contact

phone callRemote voice conversation
visitedWent to see someone
embracedHeld someone warmly

Opposites

emotional response to others' circumstances

condoledcongratulated

Expressed praise for achievement

celebrated · felicitated · cheered · toasted · applauded

Phrases

my condolencesExpression of shared sorrow
heartfelt condolencesSincere expressions of grief
offer one's condolencesExpress sympathy for loss
condolence cardsMessages acknowledging someone's loss
condolence letterWritten expression of sympathy
condolence call

Family

condolence, condole, condolences, condoling, condoles

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G