solace

Speech parts

1. solace - Noun

2. solace - Verb

Meaning

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

Rest; relaxation; ease.

To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

To take comfort; to be cheered.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

comfort consolation relief support console allay alleviation assuage soothe solacement shiloh gladden help serenity peace
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Antonyms

mullah harrow sturgeon pang Straits heartache
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Hypernyms

relief comfort succor ministration comfortableness succour

Hyponyms

still ease quiet calm relieve lull

Phrases with the word

give solace to

Derivatives

solaced solacing

Anagrams

Coales

Examples

his presence was a consolation to her Source: Internet

second place was no consolation to him Source: Internet

According to Lord Moran, during the war years Churchill sought solace in his tumbler of whisky and soda and his cigar. Source: Internet

And those who hate us can take solace in the fact that they aren't subsidizing Bill's bombast; we payers of the BBC license fee don't enjoy that peace of mind. Source: Internet

Although Die Meistersinger main is a comedy, it also elucidates Wagner's ideas on the place of music in society, on renunciation of Wille ( Will ), and on the solace that music can bring in a world full of Wahn main (delusion, folly, self-deception). Source: Internet

“As painful as it may be, I implore you to take solace in the fact that your father lived a fruitful and successful life and passed on at a ripe old age. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sola topee sola topi solabegron solaceful solacement solacer