Console
Console verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
Usage example: the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral
Demoralize is an antonym for console.
Demoralize
Common collocations
| squad | console squad | demoralize squad |
| contestant | console contestant | demoralize contestant |
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Demoralize and Console. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/demoralize
Console & Demoralize. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/demoralize>.
Demoralize or Console. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/demoralize.
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