as in comforting
the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering
I will be forever grateful for my friend's solacing of me when my mother died
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1
as in reassuring
to ease the grief or distress of
counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children
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2
as in amusing
to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied
I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solacing
Verb
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While workers are hand-wringing at the prospect of an algorithm taking their job, bosses are reassuring workers that AI is just like any other technological revolution.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025 -
After news hit of Ozer’s Safehaven embezzlement indictment in 2024, Ozer spent months reassuring folks that the charges were all going to go away.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As in Robinson’s other works, what elevates them from amusing to sublime is the way they’re performed, often by unfamiliar but wonderfully offbeat character actors — through overly broad smiles, wild-eyed smirks, strange pronunciations.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lesley Ugochukwu has headed in both his big chances too, opening the scoring against Leeds United over the weekend and scoring a consolation against Aston Villa in early October.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Maybe that’s a kind of self-consolation, but thinking that way brings me peace.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And that can be comforting in today’s stressed world, says Joseph Sgambatti, 37, a design journalist in New York City.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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For 14 years, and three different locations, Babette has obliged Berkeley diners with its creative-yet-comforting farm-to-table cuisine.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The final half-hour did not make for entertaining viewing, but United’s compact 5-4-1 had just enough to deal with the majority of Liverpool’s siege-like attempts.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Under this pretense, wearing a MAGA hat in a Google office or entertaining eugenicist ideas about race and intelligence was a way of daring to go where liberals feared to tread.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Commerce and Civil Aviation Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said a probe had been launched to determine the cause of the fire, while assuring businesses that the firefighting response had been immediate—with 37 units deployed to control the blaze.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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The key is going after the criminal element aggressively, assuring public safety totally, and helping addicts recover.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His father, a veteran of World War II, was a burial vault salesman and would often take Fitzpatrick with him on business trips, regaling him with tales of the city.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Oct. 2025
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But his film career began in earnest with 2020's Scare Me, a stylish comedy about writers regaling each story with spooky tales in an isolated cabin during a power outage.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For men, comfort with being touched was tied to relationship insecurity—those anxious about their relationships were more likely to seek touch for reassurance, while men uncomfortable with closeness tended to dislike being touched themselves.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The question carries a desire for reassurance that the future will be brighter than the uncertainty of today.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Solacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solacing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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