CONDOLE WITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does condole with mean? 

• CONDOLE WITH (verb)
  The verb CONDOLE WITH has 1 sense:

1. share the suffering of

  Familiarity information: CONDOLE WITH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDOLE WITH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Share the suffering of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

compassionate; condole with; feel for; pity; sympathize with

Hypernyms (to "condole with" is one way to...):

grieve; sorrow (feel grief)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "condole with"):

commiserate; sympathise; sympathize (to feel or express sympathy or compassion)

care (feel concern or interest)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot condole with Sue

 Context examples 

It was as follows: MY DEAR SIR, I feel myself called upon, by our relationship, and my situation in life, to condole with you on the grievous affliction you are now suffering under, of which we were yesterday informed by a letter from Hertfordshire.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And Lady Lucas has been very kind; she walked here on Wednesday morning to condole with us, and offered her services, or any of her daughters', if they should be of use to us.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)