Commiserative and Oppressive

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Commiserative adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.

Usage example: the two passengers exchanged commiserative looks as another delay was announced over the loudspeaker

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Oppressive is an antonym for commiserative.

Oppressive adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Commiserative is an antonym for oppressive.

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