Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.

    trösten

    утеша́тьutešátʹ

  2. (transitive)To allay or assuage.

  3. (intransitive)To take comfort; to be cheered.

More definitions
  • give moral or emotional strength to

Examples

29 sentences

  1. I take solace in his words.

    ruМеня утешают его слова.

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  2. I take solace in her words.

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  3. Many are finding solace in gardening.

    deViele finden Trost in der Gartenarbeit.

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  4. Yanni started looking outside his marriage for solace.

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  5. The sea offers solace to the weary traveler.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to give solace to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to give solace to:

Origin

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

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Forms

solaces, solacing, solaced, solaced
Base formsolace · to solace
3rd person singularsolaces
Present participlesolacing
Past simplesolaced
Past participlesolaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysolace
he, she, itsolaces

Past simpleLesson

all personssolaced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave solaced
he, she, ithas solaced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill solace

Synonyms

6 synonyms
sootheB1cheerA2comfortB1consoleB2besoothe
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedconsoleB2solacement
Derivedsolacerunsolacedunsolacing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soilB2sojournsolsolarB2solder
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