Definitions for condoles

condoles con·dole

Spelling: [kuh n-dohl]
IPA: /kənˈdoʊl/

Condoles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in condoles (cdelnoos).

Definitions for condoles

verb (used with object)

  1. Obsolete. to grieve with.

verb (used without object)

  1. to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with):

Origin of condoles

1580-90; Late Latin condolēre, equivalent to con- con- + dolēre to feel pain; akin to dolor

Examples for condoles

When the world congratulates us we rejoice, when it condoles with us we weep.

He advises to inveigle; he condoles and sympathizes to ruin.

In a fifth he congratulates Lucrezia upon the birth of a son and heir, and in a sixth condoles with her upon his early death.

He spoke no longer as one who greets an intruder, but as one who condoles with a friend.

The committee not only condoles with the decrepit member, but gives him a sum of money.

He condoles with me that the unbridled people occasion me so much trouble.

At this juncture Dr. Malatesta comes in and condoles with him.

Word Value for condoles
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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