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Synonyms for consoling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-sohl
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsoʊl

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Définition of consoling

Origin :
  • 1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.
  • verb relieve, comfort
Example sentences :
  • By and by, as she grew calmer, I sought to say something that would be consoling to both of us.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Because you are the best, the most consoling, the most sisterly of beings.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It is both customary and consoling to place the blame on other shoulders than our own.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Caradoc was obviously inattentive to this consoling information.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • It is consoling, and knocks down the far-famed Deo erexit Voltaire.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • Grown beyond her consoling, and knows that she cannot befriend him.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • Her one consoling thought was that it could not last much longer.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • However, Gavard happily inspired him with a consoling thought.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • He could not think that now; he knew that it was no more than a consoling lie.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Who could be blamed for consoling himself with liquor in such a home?
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

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