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Definition: Consolatory |
ConsolatoryAdjective1. Affording comfort or solace. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "consolatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references) |
Synonyms: ConsolatorySynonyms: comforting (adj), consoling (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Relief | Adjective: relieving; Verb: consolatory, soothing; assuaging, assuasive; balmy, balsamic; lenitive, palliative; anodyne; (remedial); curative. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Colton | When certain persons abuse us let us ask what kind of characters it is they admire. We shall often find this a most consolatory question. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Consolatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Consolatory" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "consolatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngushëllues (comforter, comforting, consoling, refuge, sympathizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مواس, مسل (amusing, comforting, entertaining, funny, sportive), معز (comforting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | утешителен (soothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | útìšný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consolateur (comforter), consolant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tröstlich (cheering, comfortable, comforting, consoling), tröstend (consoling, solacing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρηγορητικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ חם (assuager, comforter, consoler), של חומים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vigasztaló (comforter, comforting, consoling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | consolatorio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 慰め" (comforting look, consolatory look). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | なぐさめがお (comforting look, consolatory look). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gerjee (comforting, consoling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onsolatorycay consolatório. (various references) consolator (comforter, comforting, consoling), care consoleazã. (various references) утешительный (comforting, consolation). (various references) utešan (comforting, consoling). (various references) consolador (comforter, comforting, dildo, soothing). (various references) tröstande (comforting). (various references) teselli edici (comforting), avutucu (comforting), avutma olarak. (various references) утішний (enjoyable, flattering, propitiatory, soothing), утішливий. (various references) l m nguôi lòng, giải khuây, an ủi (anodyne, comfortable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Consolatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consolatary, Consolatoria, consolitory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-n-o-o-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: colorants. | |
-3 letters: cartoons, cartoony, colorant, controls, coolants, corantos, coronals, locators, octanols, octonary, ortolans, ostracon. | |
-4 letters: aroynts, cantors, cartons, cartoon, consort, contras, control, coolant, coranto, coronal, coronas, cratons, crayons, crotons, crystal, cytosol, locator, octanol, ortolan, racoons, ratoons, scantly, scrotal, tycoons. | |
-5 letters: acorns, actors, aroynt, astony, calory, cantor, cantos, carols, carton, castor, claros, cloots, colons, colony. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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