solace
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister's visit was the dying man's only solace.
to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).
to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).
Origin of solace
1Other words from solace
- sol·ac·er, noun
- un·sol·aced, adjective
- un·sol·ac·ing, adjective
Words Nearby solace
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How to use solace in a sentence
As 2020 continues to be unrelenting, I try my best to find the rare crumb of solace where I can.
Homemade, seasoned breadcrumbs add crunch and flavor to pastas, vegetables and more | Jesse Szewczyk | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostPerhaps more than therapy, writing also offered a kind of solace.
Daniel Menaker, author and celebrated editor at the New Yorker and Random House, dies at 79 | Harrison Smith | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostUnderstanding that we’re one form of a molecular configuration among a sea of molecules that’s reforming and disambiguating, and reforming constantly, gives solace when I consider death.
How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment - Issue 90: Something Green | Mark MacNamara | September 30, 2020 | NautilusWe are incredibly grateful that our plants offer that little bit of solace and joy via nature into the home.
Online garden shop Bloomscape raises $15M Series B, acquires plant care app Vera | Sarah Perez | September 30, 2020 | TechCrunchSo even as rituals are being disrupted and diluted, people are seeking new sources of solace.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic? | Sujata Gupta | August 14, 2020 | Science News
And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThat had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
It is no small solace, no doubt, that Bloomberg has made both Winkler and Doctoroff millionaires several times over.
Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song.
The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim | Michael Daly | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe CDC, Fort Benning, and the solace of the prison all fail to give him the comfort of the past.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero | Regina Lizik | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen we blotted out the fire, and, stretching ourselves on the ground, had recourse to the solace of tobacco.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairTobacco is less a fosterer of thought than a solace of mental vacuity.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Better postpone your solace to more fitting time and place—the close of day and your own veranda.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.To the Indians and the Negroes, tobacco is almost the only solace in this transient life.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.On the way to Church the pipe is lighted, and after service it is the solace of the evening hour.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for solace
/ (ˈsɒlɪs) /
comfort in misery, disappointment, etc
something that gives comfort or consolation
to give comfort or cheer to (a person) in time of sorrow, distress, etc
to alleviate (sorrow, misery, etc)
Origin of solace
1Derived forms of solace
- solacer, noun
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