console
To comfort someone who is sad.
console in a sentence
- Amira hugged her friend to console her after the disappointing race.
- Grandad tried to console the crying toddler with a funny puppet show and a biscuit.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to console?
- Atease
- Bcomfort
- Cupset
- Dhurt
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B: comfort. The other three mean the opposite of console.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to console?
- Acheer
- Bsoothe
- Cupset
- Dcomfort
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C: upset. The other three mean nearly the same as console.
Words that mean something similar
comfort, soothe, cheer
Words that mean the opposite
upset, tease, hurt
More words about emotions & feelings
- contempt: A strong feeling that someone or something is worthless.
- content: Happy and satisfied with what you have.
- covet: To badly want something that belongs to someone else.
- crestfallen: Sad and disappointed after something has gone wrong.
- cringe: To shrink back or squirm because something is scary or embarrassing.
- daunting: So difficult or scary that it makes you unsure you can manage it.
- dejected: Feeling sad and without hope.
- despair: The feeling of losing all hope.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test