English Explanatory Dictionary

condole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.
  2. To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
  3. To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
  4. To express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with (someone); to lament in sympathy with (someone).
  5. To express or feel sorrow for (oneself); to bewail, to mourn.

Pronunciation

/kənˈdəʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-condole.wav /kənˈdoʊl/

Word forms

condole condoles condoling condoled no-table-tags glossary condolest condoledst condoleth

Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin condolēre, the present active infinitive of condoleō (“to feel severe pain, suffer greatly; to suffer with or feel another’s pain, condole”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several things) + doleō (“to suffer physical pain, hurt; to be sorry, grieve for, deplore, lament”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”)).

Synonyms

besorrow mourn rue aggrieve condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieve grieven bleed lament moan remorse repent regret sigh sorrow wayment yearn bewail afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn beweep deplore elegize keen mean pine wail commiserate feel sorry for compassion compassionate feel someone's pain mercify pity take pity

Related words

condolence

Derived words

condolation condolatry condoled chief condolement condolency condoler condoling uncondoled
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