consoling

adj, noun — 2 senses

consoling

adj

1

Reducing grief, sorrow, or disappointment; comforting.

"The one thing you can rely on is that they won't do anything unnecessary that is palpably to their own disadvantage." "That's very consoling," she retorted; […]1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Derived terms: consolingly, nonconsoling, unconsoling

consoling

noun

1

The act by which somebody is consoled.

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