Meaning & use
Consolable
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Able to be comforted or given emotional relief after a loss or disappointment.
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After the funeral, she was barely consolable, but her close friends stayed by her side.
The child was consolable once he was given his favorite toy back.
A note on using this word
The word is most often encountered in its negated form, 'inconsolable,' which is far more common than the positive 'consolable.'
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