to console
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3.9
- verb
- /kənˈsoʊl/
:
consolar
- I need a moment to console Lady Chamberlain about Stuart's arrest.
- try to console
- seek to console
What can I say that might console him?
- What can I say that might console him?
- But after my fight, he messaged me to say, bro, like, like console me, support me.
- Maybe it gives us hope, maybe it consoles us.
- Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
- He told me the reason he couldn't go to the date was because his friend's grandma died and that his friend wanted him to come console him.
- So let's see, Big Bird is trying to console and encourage and make kids feel better and comfortable about uncomfy things they might have to do.
- But in the end he goes out and he does his duty and even consoling people and comforting them in their, you know, on their, their last hours.
- Like your your thought when he's crying and you can't console him is to fucking put him on your breast.
Examples
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I will go in and console her on nationwide TV.
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She tried to console her brother after his team lost the game.
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Oh, well, then you can console her this afternoon, Mr. Hill.
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The idea was to console you, George.
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So I have to console myself with your records.
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Oh, yeah, that does console me, Dave.
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Even as she sought to console her husband, she herself seemed close to breakdown.
Academic text (1999) -
Look, I've tried to console you every way I know how.
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But that's okay, I will be right there next to her to console her.
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Religion can and does console people in poor communities, but it can also empower them.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
172
1.0
To make someone feel less upset or in pain
63
3.4
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain
1
5.9
To make someone feel less sad or upset
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.4
A narrow table that stands against a wall to hold decorations in a hallway or entryway
How Comforting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Console as a verb comes from the Latin consolari meaning 'to comfort' and is the same root as the English word solace, so to console someone is to give them comfort when they are sad.