condoles
Offers grief support
Condoles is the third-person singular of condole, meaning to express sympathy or sorrow to someone who has suffered loss or misfortune.
The word appears almost exclusively in formal contexts: The president condoles with the families of the victims.
More common is the noun form condolences: Please accept my condolences.
Share in sorrow
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- pitySympathy for misfortune
- solaceRelief from distress
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
sincere · tender · sympathize · reach out · support · kindness · gentleness · caring
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
wake · lamentation · sorrow · remembrance · memorial · obituary · widow · orphan
commiserate
Share in sorrow
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- pitySympathy for misfortune
- solaceRelief from distress
heartfelt · sincere · tender · sympathize · reach out · support · kindness · gentleness · caring · considerate
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- funeralService honoring the dead
eulogy · wake · lamentation · sorrow · remembrance · memorial · obituary · widow · orphan · death
solace
Relief from distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- reliefEasing of distress
support · encouragement · alleviate · ease · nurture · care · balm · presence · embrace · words
condolescelebrates
Honors with festivities
congratulates · rejoices · exults · cheers · toasts
- 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