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
Distress
Distress verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.
How words are described
| similar | similar console | similar distress |
| real | real console | real distress |
| major | major console | major distress |
| later | later console | later distress |
| Other adjectives: greatest, holographic. | ||
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Distress and Console. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/distress
Console & Distress. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/distress>.
Distress or Console. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/console/distress.
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