Friends til the end Community Group
A group for those of us here who get more from our friendships than from the available discussion groups.A place to be accepted and appreciated for who we are.Somewhere to always feel safe and know that especially on the bad days we are here for each other.A place for encouragement and love.
This week's theme is: Emphatic Empathy.
commiserate
(intransitive verb)
[kah-MIZ-ah-rayt']
1. to feel or express sympathy or compassion; sympathize: "Should I recount my own troubles to commiserate, or just listen?"
adjective form: commiserative
adverb form: commiseratively
noun form: commiserator
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Origin:
Approximately 1606; borrowed from Latin, 'commiseratus,' past participle of 'commiserari': to pity ('com-': with + 'miserari': to bewail, to lament, from 'miser': wretched, miserable).
In action:
"Amid hundreds of thousands of spectators, the remaining 147 riders -- out of a field of 188 that started in Liege, Belgium, on July 3 -- will arrive in the French capital in mid-afternoon.
They will complete their three-week journey with nine circuits on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the event's finishing stretch since 1975. But in the historic location of the Arc de Triomphe, many of those gathered will welcome a champion while others commiserate."
James Raia. "Lance now in cruise control," The Miami Herald (July 25, 2004).
"For many urban families, though, summer means having to endure. Several neighbors gathered to commiserate in one run-down apartment building this week. On each balcony was an old Iraqi-made cooler, but power had been off for five hours and the rooms were stifling.
'We take showers, we keep the doors shut, we fill empty bottles to drink, but after 10 minutes we are hot again and the food starts to spoil,' said Laila Rassool, 41, a mother of five. 'Without electricity, life is nothing. We have our own government now, but they are doing nothing to help the people.'"
Pamela Constable. "Iraqis steamed over power rationing," The Washington Post (July 29, 2004).
"Miller and his wife were in Paris when the World Trade Center was destroyed. 'People - strangers - would come over to me and commiserate about it. The love for this country in Paris, which is not usually in love with anybody. ... There was no joy that the great giant had been wounded."
Linda Winer. "Arthur Miller: His own crucible," [After decades of being honored abroad and ignored at home, he has a new work opening Off-Broadway - in Chicago, that is] Newsday (August 1, 2004).
VocabVitamins.com
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commiserate
(intransitive verb)
[kah-MIZ-ah-rayt']
1. to feel or express sympathy or compassion; sympathize: "Should I recount my own troubles to commiserate, or just listen?"
adjective form: commiserative
adverb form: commiseratively
noun form: commiserator
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Origin:
Approximately 1606; borrowed from Latin, 'commiseratus,' past participle of 'commiserari': to pity ('com-': with + 'miserari': to bewail, to lament, from 'miser': wretched, miserable).
In action:
"Amid hundreds of thousands of spectators, the remaining 147 riders -- out of a field of 188 that started in Liege, Belgium, on July 3 -- will arrive in the French capital in mid-afternoon.
They will complete their three-week journey with nine circuits on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the event's finishing stretch since 1975. But in the historic location of the Arc de Triomphe, many of those gathered will welcome a champion while others commiserate."
James Raia. "Lance now in cruise control," The Miami Herald (July 25, 2004).
"For many urban families, though, summer means having to endure. Several neighbors gathered to commiserate in one run-down apartment building this week. On each balcony was an old Iraqi-made cooler, but power had been off for five hours and the rooms were stifling.
'We take showers, we keep the doors shut, we fill empty bottles to drink, but after 10 minutes we are hot again and the food starts to spoil,' said Laila Rassool, 41, a mother of five. 'Without electricity, life is nothing. We have our own government now, but they are doing nothing to help the people.'"
Pamela Constable. "Iraqis steamed over power rationing," The Washington Post (July 29, 2004).
"Miller and his wife were in Paris when the World Trade Center was destroyed. 'People - strangers - would come over to me and commiserate about it. The love for this country in Paris, which is not usually in love with anybody. ... There was no joy that the great giant had been wounded."
Linda Winer. "Arthur Miller: His own crucible," [After decades of being honored abroad and ignored at home, he has a new work opening Off-Broadway - in Chicago, that is] Newsday (August 1, 2004).
VocabVitamins.com
Tune in tomorrow for: P_ _ _ _ _ _
Lesa
Commiserate with me please!
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