CONDOLE Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

condole

verb

Definition of condole

as in to sympathize

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Recent Examples of condole Despite nationwide protests, the prime minister has not yet condemned Lankesh’s murder or condoled with her family. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017

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Holmes is much easier to sympathize with if your impression is limited to her — her story, her life, and her family, which make up the bulk of the movie.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
As her son Rauri, Murphy plays a creepy, brooding university dropout whom audiences also can’t help sympathize with.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of sympathize

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Clancy might have been, for some, easy to empathize with because she was supported by her ex-husband, colleagues, family, and friends.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
As the parent of two small kids, DeGroot empathizes with both God’s anger — and the love that supersedes it.

— Casper ter Kuile, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of empathize

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As soon as the actors share a frame, however, their ages exist within the fiction, allowing Maguire’s and Garfield’s Spider-Men to commiserate about back pain that the younger Holland’s Peter has yet to endure.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Why wasn’t the group’s early radio success commiserate with its pop stardom?

— Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of commiserate

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And although the menu shifts from week to week, rest assured that whatever choices lie before you, good eats are in store.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
As to authenticating that low odometer reading, Weaver assures that plugging a reader into its transmission revealed the exact mileage.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of assure

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The emotional whiplash took physical form as fans consoled one another, holding out their hands to help up friends and strangers who crumbled to the floor at the conclusion of the tribute.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Choice words from your son after a bad loss are one thing, but the head coach also had to console his young daughter after the game, who was crying as the Florida band sent the team off the field.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of console

Verb

Betsy Smith, the head of the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit which operates the park, cheered the passage of the bill.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
But outrage erupted as tour proceeds are set to fund the radical Palestinian Youth Movementâa extreme group that openly cheered Hamas's brutal October 7 massacre.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheer

Verb

Noah’s old temple is only too relieved to bring him back for a trial run, now that they’ve been reassured his life partner will soon become part of their tribe.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz reassured residents outside the evacuation zone that the fog was unrelated to the chemical explosion, according to The Associated Press.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of reassure

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