Meaning & use
Consoling
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Offering comfort or sympathy to someone who is grieving, disappointed, or distressed.
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She spent the evening consoling her friend after the breakup.
The coach found it hard to say anything consoling after the team's crushing loss.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective, as in 'a consoling thought,' describing something that eases sorrow rather than the act itself.
Words with a similar meaning
comfortingsoothing
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Words with an opposite meaning
upsettingdistressing
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