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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

consoling en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Reducing grief, sorrow, or disappointment; comforting.
    • "The one thing you can rely on is that they won't do anything unnecessary that is palpably to their own disadvantage." "That's very consoling," she retorted; […] 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Forms

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most consoling Degree=Sup lexicographic
more consoling Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonconsoling · unconsoling · consolingly

consoling en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The act by which somebody is consoled.

Forms

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consolings Number=Plur lexicographic

consoling en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of console
    form of console