Synonyms of solacing

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noun

as in comforting

the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering

I will be forever grateful for my friend's solacing of me when my mother died

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• consolation
• consoling
• reassurance
• solace
• compassion
• sympathy
• feeling
• kindness
• pity
• counseling
• counselling
• mercy
• condolence
• commiseration
• humanity
• kindliness
• kindheartedness

solacing

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verb

present participle of solace

1

as in reassuring

to ease the grief or distress of

counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassuring
• comforting
• assuring
• soothing
• consoling
• cheering
• uplifting
• sympathizing
• relieving
• lifting
• alleviating
• condoling
• empathizing
• commiserating
• allaying
• elevating
• calming
• relaxing
• tranquillizing
• tranquilizing
• quieting
• boosting
• assuaging
• buoying (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distressing
• tormenting
• troubling
• torturing
• discouraging
• worrying
• demoralizing
• upsetting
• disheartening
• intensifying
• worsening
• aggravating
• fretting
• irritating
• harassing
• annoying
• pestering
• irking

2

as in amusing

to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied

I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amusing
• entertaining
• regaling
• distracting
• diverting
• delighting
• disporting
• occupying
• consoling
• appeasing
• interesting
• pleasing
• comforting
• enchanting
• busying
• charming
• engrossing
• captivating
• immersing
• bewitching
• engaging
• contenting
• involving
• mesmerizing
• indulging
• fascinating
• humoring
• gratifying
• soothing
• intriguing
• pampering
• absorbing
• hypnotizing
• beguiling
• propitiating
• pleasuring
• placating
• spoiling
• conciliating
• mollifying
• pacifying
• obliging
• gripping
• coddling
• enthralling
• mollycoddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• wearing
• exhausting
• enervating
• draining
• jading
• tiring
• wearying
• wearing out
• fatiguing
• harassing
• aggravating
• exasperating
• bothering
• disturbing
• perturbing
• upsetting
• annoying
• pestering
• fretting
• harrying
• chafing
• vexing
• grating
• bugging
• galling
• nettling
• irking
• peeving
• piquing