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CONDOLENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does condolent mean?
• CONDOLENT (adjective)
The adjective CONDOLENT has 1 sense:
1. expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
Familiarity information: CONDOLENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
Similar:
sympathetic (expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward)
Derivation:
condolence (an expression of sympathy with another's grief)
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