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consolable

consolable

1 5.3
Can be comforted after feeling sad
  • adjective
  • /kənˈsoʊləbl/
: consolable
  • After the loss, she was still consolable.

Examples

  • Unlike her inconsolable brother, Emily was surprisingly consolable after the loss.

  • The child was upset at first, but became consolable after a warm hug.

  • After the kind words from her friends, she was finally consolable.

  • The child was consolable after his mother hugged him.

  • After talking to her friend, she felt more consolable and ready to face her challenges.

  • He found it hard to believe that his friend could be consolable after such a great loss.

  • Even in her deepest sorrow, she was consolable when she remembered the good times they shared.

Antonyms

inconsolable
10 7.2

Very sad and not able to be comforted

How Consolable

consolable
1 5.3
inconsolable
10 7.2

Surface Forms

consolable positive

Morphology

consolable = console (transparent) = console + able

Regular adjectival formation from the verb 'console' with the productive suffix '-able' meaning 'able to be ...', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word consolable comes from the verb console, made of con- and the Latin root solari, where con- means 'with' and solari means 'to comfort'. So, someone who is consolable is 'able to be comforted' and can feel better after kind words or a hug.