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| Main Entry: | solace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comfort, peace |
| Synonyms: | condolence, consolation, pity, relief, alleviation, assuagement, condolement |
| Notes: | solace is a form of comfort given to one who is in sorrow or distress; consolation is an act of offering such comfort, or the result of such comfort having been provided |
| Antonyms: | discord, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | solace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give comfort, peace |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, buck up, cheer, comfort, console, mitigate, soften, soothe, condole with, upraise |
| Antonyms: | trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | appeasement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfaction; pacification |
| Synonyms: | abatement, accommodation, adjustment, amends, compromise, concession, grant, lessening, mitigation, moderation, peace offering, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, soothing, acceding, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, conciliation, easing, lulling, mollification, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, quieting, tranquilization |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, irritation, provocation, resistance |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, hearten, help, invigorate, mitigate, nourish, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, commiserate with, grant respite, inspirit, lighten burden, make well, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, revitalize, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
| Synonyms: | comfort, commiseration, compassion, consolation, fellow feeling, solace, condolement |
| Main Entry: | consolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief, comfort |
| Synonyms: | cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy, alleviation, assuagement, lenity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | console |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relieve, comfort |
| Synonyms: | animate, assuage, buck up*, calm, cheer, encourage, gladden, lift, solace, soothe, tranquilize, condole with, express sympathy, inspirit, untrouble, upraise |
| Antonyms: | agitate, annoy, antagonize, depress, discourage, disturb, hurt, sadden, trouble, upset, dispirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, prize, rapture, refreshment, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder, alleviation, delectation, exulting, jubilance, pride and joy, ravishment, regalement |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel sorry for; spare |
| Synonyms: | ache*, be sorry for, be sympathetic, bleed for, comfort, commiserate, condole, console, feel for, feel with, forgive, give quarter, grant amnesty, grieve with, have compassion, have mercy on, identify with, lament with, pardon, put out of one's misery, relent, reprieve, show forgiveness, show sympathy, solace, soothe, sympathize, take pity on, understand, weep for |
| Antonyms: | disdain, scorn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy, aid; relaxation |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix*, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
| Antonyms: | damage, hurt, injury, pain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start again; bring back to life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back*, brighten, bring around*, cheer, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, invigorate, overcome, please, quicken, rally, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, rouse, solace, strengthen, touch up*, breathe new life into, bring to, come around*, come to life, enkindle, inspirit, make whole, reanimate, recondition, resurrect, revitalize, snap out of it, spring up, wake up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, kill, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheerfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | animation, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, hilarity, joy, liveliness, merriment, mirth, optimism, solace, cheeriness, good cheer, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joyousness, light-heartedness |
| Antonyms: | gloom, sadness, cheerlessness |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | animation, buoyancy, cheerfulness, comfort, delight, encouragement, exuberance, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, hilarity, joy, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, optimism, solace, cheeriness, good cheer, hopefulness, jauntiness, jocundity, joyousness, merry-making |
| Antonyms: | depression, gloom, gravity, melancholy, sadness, seriousness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone feel happier |
| Synonyms: | animate, brighten, buck up*, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, hearten, help, incite, perk up, pick up, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, warm, brace up, give a lift, inspirit, let the sun shine in, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, upraise |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amuse |
| Synonyms: | absorb, beguile, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, crack up*, delight, distract, divert, elate, engross, enliven, enthrall, gladden, grab, gratify, humor, indulge, inspire, interest, occupy, pique, please, regale, relax, satisfy, slay, solace, stimulate, tickle, ecstasize, inspirit, knock dead, make merry, recreate |
| Antonyms: | bore, tire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of mercy toward another |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, charity, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, compunction, condolence, dejection, distress, empathy, favor, forbearance, goodness, grace, humanity, kindness, melancholy, mercy, philanthropy, quarter, rue, ruth, sadness, solace, sorrow, sympathy, tenderness, understanding, warmth, condolement, kindliness, lenity |
| Antonyms: | disdain, malevolence, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight, happiness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bliss, buzz*, comfort, contentment, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, kick*, luxury, primrose path*, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, velvet*, zest, delectation, gluttony, joyride, kicks, turn-on |
| Antonyms: | gloom, melancholy, pain, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less painful; let up on |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, break, brighten, calm, comfort, console, cure, decrease, diminish, divert, dull, ease, free, interrupt, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, qualify, quiet, relax, salve, slacken, soften, solace, soothe, subdue, take load off one's chest, take load off one's mind, temper, vary |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure, pain |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something soothing |
| Synonyms: | anodyne, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, alleviation, assuagement, palliative, soother |
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