consolation
noun /ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnsəˈleɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- a thing or person that makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed synonym comfort
- a few words of consolation
- If it's any consolation, she didn't get the job, either.
- The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.
- At least you weren’t hurt—that’s one consolation.
Extra Examples- He drew little consolation from this fact.
- He went to seek consolation in the local pub.
- If it's any consolation to you, the weather here is also awful.
- She had the consolation of coming second in her last race of the day.
- She tends to seek consolation in food.
- The children were a great consolation to me at that time.
- The next game will probably offer them the consolation of winning.
- There is some consolation for fans because the team still stands a chance of winning the local championship.
- This news was of little consolation to us.
- When her mother died, she found consolation in her religious beliefs.
- When she lost her job, her only consolation was that she had some savings in the bank.
- It's a great consolation that…
- to take consolation
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- small
- have
- seek
- draw
- …
- consolation for
- consolation to
- be (of) little consolation to somebody
- be (of) small consolation to somebody
- be (of) some consolation to somebody
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin consolatio(n-), from the verb consolari, from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’.