commiserating
51commiserate — [kə miz′ər āt΄] vt. commiserated, commiserating [< L commiseratus, pp. of commiserari, to pity < com , intens. + miserari, to pity: see MISERY] to feel or show sorrow or pity for vi. to condole or sympathize (with) SYN. PITY commiseration n …
52creature — [krē′chər] n. [OFr < L creatura] 1. anything created, animate or inanimate 2. an animate or living being; esp., ☆ a) Chiefly Dial. a domestic animal, specif. a horse b) a human being: often used in a patronizing, contemptuous, commiserating,… …
53wight — wight1 [wīt] n. [ME wiht < OE, akin to Ger wicht, creature, Goth waihts, thing < IE base * wekti , thing > OSlav veštǐ, thing] 1. Obs. a living being; creature 2. Archaic a human being; person: now sometimes used in a patronizing or… …
54com|mis´er|a´tive|ly — com|mis|er|a|tive «kuh MIHZ uh RAY tihv», adjective. commiserating; compassionate. –com|mis´er|a´tive|ly, adverb …
55com|mis|er|a|tive — «kuh MIHZ uh RAY tihv», adjective. commiserating; compassionate. –com|mis´er|a´tive|ly, adverb …
56sym|pa|thet|ic — «SIHM puh THEHT ihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or showing kind feelings toward others; sympathizing: »She is an unselfish and sympathetic friend. ... an unusually tender and sympathetic audience (Dickens); a look of sympathetic concern… …
57SAHL BEN MAẒLI'AḤ HA-KOHEN ABU AL-SURRĪ — (second half of the 10th century), karaite propagandist and author. Sahl ben Maẓli aḥ was a resident, and possibly a native, of Jerusalem, whence he appears to have undertaken periodical missionary journeys abroad in search of converts to Karaism …
