commiserate with

commiserate with (one)

To express mutual sympathy with one about a shared negative experience. Luckily, I can commiserate with my classmates about how mean our science teacher is.
See also: commiserate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

commiserate with someone

to share one's misery with another person who is also miserable. I stopped by Bruce's house to commiserate with him on being laid off.
See also: commiserate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • commiserate
  • commiserate with (one)
  • share (one's) pain
  • share pain
  • share sorrow
  • share (one's) sorrow
  • intervene between
  • intervene between (multiple people)
  • intervene
  • get (one's) wits about (one)
References in periodicals archive
Yemi Osinbajo has just arrived at the residence of Chief Rueben Fasoranti to commiserate with him over the death of his daughter, Mrs.
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It is indeed a painful time, an irreplaceabe emptiness as we commiserate with heavy hearts.
As her horse lost, all the royals turned to commiserate with the Queen, who looked very disappointed.
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"I sincerely commiserate with you and ask to send my condolences to families and close ones of deceased," Bakiev concluded.
The research also revealed that the birds preen each other after a conflict, particularly when they have just lost or the battle lasted a long time."Just as football fans commiserate with their friends in the pub when their team loses birds support one another following contests with their rivals," the university said.
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He also does not back away from the uncomfortable theme of envy in friendships, challenging readers on whether they celebrate their friends' successes as easily as they commiserate with their failures.
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Florenz Ziegfeld hired the great Bert Williams for the otherwise all-white Follies of 1910, inviting the audience to commiserate with a black man's misery in Williams's signature rendition of "Me and My Shadow." And Broadway has been both promoting and taking advantage of black stars ever since.
exposing the underside of high school politics, and most YAs will be able to relate to it and to chuckle and commiserate with Ella over Carla's evil doings.
A: The benefits of professional development and networking--as well as being able to recharge your batteries and commiserate with your colleagues--are practically immeasurable.
Although separated by centuries, I had found someone who could commiserate with me.