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consoling

adjective more consoling · most consoling

  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; […]

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of console

noun consolings

  1. The act by which somebody is consoled.

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@misc{consoling_2026,
  title = {consoling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/consoling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}