Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to console
Participle: consoled
Gerund: consoling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | console |
| you | console |
| he;she;it | consoles |
| we | console |
| you | console |
| they | console |
Perfect
| I | have consoled |
| you | have consoled |
| he;she;it | has consoled |
| we | have consoled |
| you | have consoled |
| they | have consoled |
Past
| I | consoled |
| you | consoled |
| he;she;it | consoled |
| we | consoled |
| you | consoled |
| they | consoled |
Pluperfect
| I | had consoled |
| you | had consoled |
| he;she;it | had consoled |
| we | had consoled |
| you | had consoled |
| they | had consoled |
Future
| I | will console |
| you | will console |
| he;she;it | will console |
| we | will console |
| you | will console |
| they | will console |
Future Perfect
| I | will have consoled |
| you | will have consoled |
| he;she;it | will have consoled |
| we | will have consoled |
| you | will have consoled |
| they | will have consoled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | console |
| you | console |
| he;she;it | console |
| we | console |
| you | console |
| they | console |
Perfect
| I | have consoled |
| you | have consoled |
| he;she;it | have consoled |
| we | have consoled |
| you | have consoled |
| they | have consoled |
Imperfect
| I | consoled |
| you | consoled |
| he;she;it | consoled |
| we | consoled |
| you | consoled |
| they | consoled |
Pluperfect
| I | had consoled |
| you | had consoled |
| he;she;it | had consoled |
| we | had consoled |
| you | had consoled |
| they | had consoled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would console |
| you | would console |
| he;she;it | would console |
| we | would console |
| you | would console |
| they | would console |
Perfect
| I | would have consoled |
| you | would have consoled |
| he;she;it | would have consoled |
| we | would have consoled |
| you | would have consoled |
| they | would have consoled |
Imperative
| you | console |
| we | Let's console |
| you | console |
Verbs conjugated like 'console'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'console'
condole,
condone,
connote,
consolate,
consort,
consult,
consume,
convoke,
convolve,
coole,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- comfort
- condole, calm, soothe, solace, encourage, relieve, succor
Antonyms
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe, enrage
- comfort
- discomfort, aggravate, irritate, trouble
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1693, from Fr.
consoler, from L.
consolari "offer solace," from
com- intensive prefix +
solari "to comfort" (see solace).
Consolation dates to 1374.
2. Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace). See: French '
consoler', Latin '
cōnsōlor'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the witness under examination at the time, did so sitting. But seeing that he was also occupied in writing down the answers, and remembering that he was alone and had no ‘junior, ’ I quickly consoled myself with the reflection that law was not quite so expensive an article here, as at home; and that the absence of sundry formalities which we regard as indispensable, had doubtless a very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] intercessions had so often been a shield to them from the tyrannical and selfish exactions of her mother. Poor old Mammy, in particular, whose heart, severed from all natural domestic ties, had consoled itself with this one beautiful being, was almost heart-broken. She cried day and night, and was, from excess of sorrow, less skilful and alert in her ministrations of her mistress than usual, which [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom woke. Was it a dream ? Let it pass for one. But who shall say that that sweet young spirit, which in life so yearned to comfort and console the distressed, was forbidden of God to assume this ministry after death ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)