commiserable

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adjective

pitiable

OriginLatin commiseror →
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Meanings

adjectivecommiserable (comparative more commiserable, superlative most commiserable)

comparative more commiserable · superlative most commiserable

  1. obsoletepitiable

    the Guiltineſſe of Bloud, of many Commiſerable Perſons.

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Plantations”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 204

Origin

  1. Latincommiseror
  2. Englishcommiserable

Formed as commiser-, the present active indicative stem of the Latin commiseror (whence commiserate) + English -able. Compare miserable.

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APA

commiserable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commiserable

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“commiserable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commiserable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commiserable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commiserable.

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