Synonyms of consoling

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noun

as in comforting

the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering

the responsibility for the consoling of the families of the firefighters fell to the mayor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• consolation
• reassurance
• compassion
• solace
• sympathy
• solacing
• feeling
• kindness
• pity
• counseling
• counselling
• mercy
• condolence
• commiseration
• humanity
• kindliness
• kindheartedness

consoling

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adjective

as in reassuring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassuring
• comforting
• relaxing
• calming
• soothing
• quieting
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing
• inviting
• lulling
• pacifying
• nonthreatening
• nonintimidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alarming
• frightening
• terrible
• fearful
• terrifying
• shocking
• horrible
• formidable
• dread
• dreadful
• horrifying
• scary
• ghastly
• forbidding
• dire
• discouraging
• startling
• frightful
• redoubtable
• disturbing
• distressing
• threatening
• troubling
• horrendous
• disconcerting
• disquieting
• demoralizing
• unnerving
• fearsome
• trying
• direful
• perturbing
• dismaying
• intimidating
• daunting
• spine-chilling
• hair-raising
• eerie
• weird
• creepy
• eery
• bone-chilling

consoling

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verb

present participle of console

as in assuring

to ease the grief or distress of

the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassuring
• comforting
• assuring
• soothing
• cheering
• uplifting
• solacing
• sympathizing
• relieving
• commiserating
• lifting
• empathizing
• alleviating
• condoling
• calming
• elevating
• allaying
• relaxing
• quieting
• boosting
• assuaging
• tranquillizing
• buoying (up)
• tranquilizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distressing
• tormenting
• troubling
• discouraging
• torturing
• worrying
• upsetting
• disheartening
• demoralizing
• intensifying
• aggravating
• fretting
• worsening
• harassing
• irritating
• annoying
• pestering
• irking