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If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
Stanley Kubrick

Meaning of "consoling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSOLING

consoling  [ˈkɒnsəʊlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSOLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consoling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONSOLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

consoling

Consolation

Consolation, consolement, and solace are terms referring to psychological comfort given to someone who has suffered severe, upsetting loss, such as the death of a loved one. It is typically provided by expressing shared regret for that loss and highlighting the hope for positive events in the future. Consolation is an important topic arising in history, the arts, philosophy, and psychology. In the field of medicine, consolation has been broadly described as follows: Before and after fundamental medicine offers diagnoses, drugs, and surgery to those who suffer, it should offer consolation. Consolation is a gift. Consolation comforts when loss occurs or is inevitable. This comfort may be one person's render loss more bearable by inviting some shift in belief about the point of living a life that includes suffering. Thus consolation implies a period of transition: a preparation for a time when the present suffering will have turned. Consolation promises that turning. In some contexts, particularly in religious terminology, consolation is described as the opposite or counterpart to the experience of "desolation", or complete loss.

Definition of consoling in the English dictionary

The definition of consoling in the dictionary is comforting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSOLING


antifouling
ˌæntɪˈfaʊlɪŋ
bowling
ˈbəʊlɪŋ
controlling
kənˈtrəʊlɪŋ
cowling
ˈkaʊlɪŋ
disenrolling
ˌdɪsɪnˈrəʊlɪŋ
high-rolling
ˈhaɪˈrəʊlɪŋ
howling
ˈhaʊlɪŋ
logrolling
ˈlɒɡˌrəʊlɪŋ
noncontrolling
ˌnɒnkənˈtrəʊlɪŋ
overcontrolling
ˌəʊvəkənˈtrəʊlɪŋ
polling
ˈpəʊlɪŋ
potholing
ˈpɒtˌhəʊlɪŋ
prowling
ˈpraʊlɪŋ
Rickrolling
ˈrɪkˌrəʊlɪŋ
rolling
ˈrəʊlɪŋ
Rowling
ˈrəʊlɪŋ
scrolling
ˈskrəʊlɪŋ
self-controlling
ˌsɛlfkənˈtrəʊlɪŋ
Soling
ˈsəʊlɪŋ
strolling
ˈstrəʊlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSOLING

consolatrices
consolatrix
console
console game
console table
consolement
consoler
consolidate
consolidated balance sheet
consolidated deliveries
Consolidated Fund
consolidated laws
consolidated school district
consolidation
consolidation loan
consolidative
consolidator
consolingly
consols
consolute

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSOLING

calling
caroling
carpooling
ceiling
cooling
elementary schooling
evaporative cooling
feeling
freecooling
handling
mailing
regenerative cooling
schooling
selling
special schooling
sterling
telling
tooling
water-cooling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of consoling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSOLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «consoling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of consoling

Translation of «consoling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSOLING

Find out the translation of consoling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consoling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consoling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

安慰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

consoladora
570 millions of speakers

English

consoling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सांत्वना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مواساه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

утешающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consoladora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবোধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consolante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghiburkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tröste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

慰め
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주면서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglipur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

an ủi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सांत्वन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

avutucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consolante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pocieszający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

втїшає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consolatoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξευμενισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

troos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tröstande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trøst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consoling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSOLING»

The term «consoling» is regularly used and occupies the 90.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSOLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consoling

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6 QUOTES WITH «CONSOLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word consoling.
1
Aleister Crowley
The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.
2
Frans de Waal
It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces.
3
Martin Kippenberger
I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.
4
Stanley Kubrick
If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
5
Walter Lippmann
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
6
Meghan O'Rourke
Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is different from anyone else: We all lose loved ones; we all face our own death.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSOLING»

Discover the use of consoling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consoling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consoling the Heart of Jesus - Prayer Companion
Even if youve never heard of Consoling the Heart of Jesus, this companion guide will explain to you in a clear, step-by-step way what consoling the Heart of Jesus is all about.
Michael Gaitley, 2011
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Consoling the Heart of Jesus: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat
Therese of Lisieux, Faustina Kowlaska, and Louis de Montfort. The author, Br. Michael Gaitley, MIC, has a remarkable gift for inspiring little souls to trust in Jesus, The Divine Mercy.
Michael E. Gaitley, 2009
3
Consoling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
4
Consoling Ghosts: Stories of Medicine and Mourning from ...
Jean M. Langford invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of violence that continue to reverberate in bodies and social worlds"--
Jean M. Langford, 2013
5
As You Grieve: Consoling Words from Around the World
This collection brings together some of the most profoundly consoling words written and spoken over the centuries from Native Americans, Africans, Buddhists, Moslems, Hindus, Jews, and Christians.
Aaron Zerah, 2001
6
God's Consoling Love : Sermons and Addresses:
God's. Consoling. Love. 5 FEBRUARY 1989 Westminster Abbey A former Archbishop of Canterbury, MichaelRamsey, used to tell the story of a mission service he went to as an undergraduate at an evangelical church in Cambridge. They sang ...
Michael Mayne, 2014
7
Healing the broken-hearted: consoling the grief-stricken
On organizing a parish program to console the grief-stricken.
Terence P. Curley, 1995
8
Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence
In "Consoling Thoughts on God and Providence," St. Francis de Sales, beloved Doctor of the Church, speaks of how God wants only good for us, and why we should have great confidence in His merciful love.
Francisco De Sales, St. Francis De Sales, Pere Huget, 2013
9
Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60
In this commentary, Professor Scourfield places the letter in the context of this consolatory tradition, showing how in the late fourth century a highly literate Christian author could take over pagan ideas and put them to Christian use.
J. H. D. Scourfield, 1993
10
Consolation: The Spiritual Journey Beyond Grief
The Torah refers to God as healer of the sick: “For I the Lord am your healer”( Exod. 15:26); as accompanying people when they are hurting: “I will be with him in distress” (Ps. 91:15); as consoling Isaac: “After the death of Abraham, God blessed ...
Maurice Lamm, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSOLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consoling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Who is the greatest Ashes star of the last three decades?
Highlight: His consoling of Brett Lee after England had just won the Edgbaston Test is one of the great sporting images of our time. Forget stats ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Man Found Shot to Death in Plantation
A neighbor who was consoling the victim's girlfriend told NBC 6 the victim recently moved to the area from Jamaica. Published at 9:04 PM EDT ... «NBC 6 South Florida, Jul 15»
3
Evan Jager's Steeplechase Shows Why Track is Worth Following
Beyond the finish line, they gathered around Jager, warmly consoling and congratulating their most formidable competitor. You're right if you're ... «Runner's World Newswire, Jul 15»
4
Tribute to Praful Bidwai (1949 - 2015)
... the fouling of our habitat and all manner of social injustice, and in our celebration of a left critic of the left, we are consoling ourselves. We are ... «Transnational Institute, Jul 15»
5
Good man for sheriff
As I remember all of the good people that have lived in this world, it is so consoling that I am in good company. There are those who constantly ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
6
Exposed by Vyapam scam deaths: Like other netas, Chouhan …
... old Didi surface as when the AMRI hospital caught fire and she planted herself there on a plastic chair, supervising, coordinating, consoling. «Firstpost, Jul 15»
7
Wimbledon 2015: Grigor Dimitrov's coach split reminds of need for …
... not sit about consoling himself with the fact that he still has time on his side. “I don't consider myself that young any more,” said the Bulgarian. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Warwickshire v Yorkshire: Yorkshire chase victory on final day
Disappointment was etched across Rhodes's face as he left the field, and he received a consoling pat on the back from his captain Andrew ... «Bridlington Today, Jul 15»
9
Palliative care's dying with dignity
Usually, these individuals are elderly, but I have had the sad duty of consoling those burying children or young adults as well. No one wants to ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
10
NCR earns 'General Excellence' honor for 14th time in 15 years
Second place: "Consoling the heart of Jesus" by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy. "This is a captivating and uplifting story that takes readers on a journey ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»

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