She turned to her writing of poetry, as a kind of consolation.
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Consolation
//ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "consolation" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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3 entriesRelated terms
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6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παράκλησις noun (act of consoling)
Arabic
1 entries- مُوَاسَاة noun (act of consoling)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- təskin noun (act of consoling)
- təskinlik noun (act of consoling)
- təsəlli noun (act of consoling)
Belarusian
2 entries- уце́ха noun (act of consoling)
- уцяшэ́нне noun (act of consoling)
Bulgarian
3 entries- утеха noun (act of consoling)
- утешение noun (act of consoling)
- утешителна награда noun (prize for the loser)
Catalan
1 entries- consol noun (act of consoling)
Czech
2 entries- cena útěchy noun (prize for the loser)
- útěcha noun (act of consoling)
Danish
1 entries- trøst noun (act of consoling)
Dutch
2 entries- troost noun (prize for the loser)
- vertroosting noun (act of consoling)
Esperanto
1 entries- konsolo noun (act of consoling)
Finnish
2 entries- lohdutus noun (prize for the loser)
- lohtu noun (prize for the loser)
French
2 entries- consolation noun (act of consoling)
- consoler noun (act of consoling)
German
2 entries- Trost noun (act of consoling)
- Trostpreis noun (prize for the loser)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (act of consoling)
- 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (act of consoling)
Greek
1 entries- παρηγοριά noun (act of consoling)
Hebrew
1 entries- נחמה noun (act of consoling)
Hindi
2 entries- तसल्ली noun (prize for the loser)
- सांत्वना noun (act of consoling)
Hungarian
3 entries- vigasz noun (act of consoling)
- vigaszdíj noun (prize for the loser)
- vigasztalás noun (act of consoling)
Italian
1 entries- consolazione noun (act of consoling)
Japanese
4 entries- 慰め noun (act of consoling)
- 慰安 noun (act of consoling)
- 慰撫 noun (act of consoling)
- 慰謝 noun (act of consoling)
Kashubian
1 entries- tróst noun (act of consoling)
Kazakh
1 entries- жұбаныш noun (act of consoling)
Latin
2 entries- cōnsōlātiō noun (act of consoling)
- sōlācium noun (act of consoling)
Māori
1 entries- tupoho noun (act of consoling)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Troost noun (act of consoling)
Polish
4 entries- konsolacja noun (act of consoling)
- nagroda pocieszenia noun (prize for the loser)
- pociecha noun (act of consoling)
- pocieszenie noun (act of consoling)
Portuguese
3 entries- consolação noun (act of consoling)
- consolação noun (prize for the loser)
- consolo noun (act of consoling)
Romanian
1 entries- consolare noun (act of consoling)
Russian
2 entries- утеше́ние noun (act of consoling)
- утеши́тельный приз noun (prize for the loser)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- utjeha noun (act of consoling)
- utješna nagrada noun (prize for the loser)
Slovak
1 entries- útecha noun (act of consoling)
Spanish
4 entries- consolación noun (act of consoling)
- consolación noun (prize for the loser)
- consuelo noun (act of consoling)
- premio de consolación noun (prize for the loser)
Swedish
1 entries- tröst noun (act of consoling)
Tagalog
2 entries- ambos noun (prize for the loser)
- palubag-loob noun (act of consoling)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tsārwäṣṣälyñe noun (act of consoling)
Ukrainian
2 entries- уті́ха noun (act of consoling)
- утіша́ння noun (act of consoling)
Yiddish
1 entries- טרייסט noun (act of consoling)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
It is a consolation that no one was killed.
Source: tatoeba (327150)
I didn't win, but at least I got a consolation prize.
Source: tatoeba (678246)
He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table.
Source: tatoeba (1995725)
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