Meaning & use
console
To comfort someone who is upset, disappointed, or grieving.
See it in a sentence
Her friends gathered to console her after she lost the championship match.
He tried to console the child, who was crying after dropping her ice cream.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'console' has an unrelated meaning: a cabinet or panel of controls, as in a video game console or a car's center console.
Words with a similar meaning
comfortsoothe
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Words with an opposite meaning
upsetdistress
Another way to use it
2. noun
A panel or cabinet holding controls for an electronic device, or a device used for playing video games.
He plugged the new console into the television and started the game.
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