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to condoler

to condoler

8.8
To offer comfort to someone who has lost a loved one
  • verb
translation icon : condoler
  • I condoled with her after the loss.

Examples

  • She called her friend to condoler after hearing about the tragic accident in the neighborhood.

  • He always condoles with friends in tough times.

  • He would condoler with families who had lost loved ones, offering gentle words of comfort.

  • In old letters, people often condoler with friends after tragic events.

  • The priest made time to condoler with the grieving widow after the funeral.

  • He took a moment to condoler with the family, offering his heartfelt sympathy after their loss.

  • During the wake, many attendees came to condoler with the bereaved, sharing comforting stories of the deceased.

Synonyms

to commiserate
vsto condoler
15 7.0

To feel or show sympathy for someone who is suffering

focuses on expressing sympathy to someone grieving or suffering a loss
to condole
vsto condoler
  • Formal
1 7.2

Express sympathy to someone who is sad after a death

applies to grief or loss generally rather than only death
to condole with
vsto condoler
  • Formal
6.8

To express sympathy to someone for a death or loss

is identical in meaning but uses a single-word form

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Sympathetic

to console
40 3.9
to condoler
8.8
to sympathize
96 3.5

Surface Forms

condoler infinitive
condoled past
condoled past participle
condoling present participle
condolers third person singular

Etymology

Condoler comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and dolere 'to grieve'. To condoler is to be 'with' someone's sorrow and speak words of comfort, which is why it means to express sympathy.