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commiserable

  • a word derived from commiserate.
    commiserate
    verb (used without object)
    to sympathize (usually followed bywith ).

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It is the sinfullest thing in the world, to forsake or destitute a plantation once in forwardness; for besides the dishonor, it is the guiltiness of blood of many commiserable persons.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon

I was duly sensible of my commiserable state at times.

From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Percival Lowell