consoling

consoling

English

Adjective

consoling (comparative more consoling, superlative most consoling)

  1. Reducing grief, sorrow, or disappointment; comforting.
    • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
      "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; […]

Derived terms

Verb

consoling

  1. present participle and gerund of console

Noun

consoling (plural consolings)

  1. The act by which somebody is consoled.
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