console
verb[T]
uk/kənˈsəʊl/us/kənˈsoʊl/to make someone who issadordisappointedfeelbetter, usually by giving themcomfortorsympathy:
Herfriendstriedto console her,tellingher "Everything will befine."
He was consoled by thefactthat he wasyoungenough totryagain thefollowingyear.
I consoledmyselfwith thethoughtthat no oneelsecould have done anybetter.
Synonyms
comfort
solaceliterary
soothe
- Sheappearedshockedandbegancryingas herattorneytriedto console her.
- Console yourself with theknowledgethat you areright.
- The one thing that consoled him at thattimewas writingpoetry.
Reassuring
- be/take a weight offyourmindidiom
- blandishments
- calm
- calm (someone) down
- comforting
- consolation
- consoling
- consolingly
- get (something) through (tosomeone)
- hearten
- lift
- lighten
- mind
- reassurance
- reassure
- reassuring
- settle down
- theyshould worry!idiom
- weight
- you do youidiom