Antonyms for consolation
ˌkɒn səˈleɪ ʃəncon·so·la·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. consolation

   Antonyms:
   adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitation

   Synonyms:
   blessing, boon, comfort, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph

Matched Categories

1. • Comfort
   • Relief

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. consolation, solace, solacementnoun

   the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

   "second place was no consolation to him"

   Synonyms:
   comfort, solace, solacement

2. consolation, comfort, solacenoun

   the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

   "his presence was a consolation to her"

   Synonyms:
   solacement, comfortableness, quilt, ease, comfort, solace, comforter, puff

How to use consolation in a sentence?

1. Chhad Aul:

   More than anything, it's a follow through from the last couple of days, april was really a month of consolation of some of those year-to-date themes and a reversal of them.

2. Imgard Schloegl:

   ...nobody has the right to manipulate anybody or to impress anybody with his stronger personality, not even for the other's imagined good, for nobody can know what that good is. This is courtesy rather than callousness, for the other's dignity is thus acknowledged, or the dignity of his grief is respected. If and when he is ready, the other will of himself reach out for consolation and feel free to ask for a hand to point out the way.

3. Sergei Gorshkov:

   I'm happy to give a new life to the animals since especially now during Covid, people find some consolation in animals and so by treating animals, I treat people.

4. Book of Consolation:

   The pain and suffering of this world are only the images of gloom, and they are only real in the moment when the spark identifies itself with the shell of darkness. - Book of Consolation, 8.15

5. Victor Hugo:

   It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

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