Console and Frighten

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Console verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

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Frighten is an antonym for console.

Frighten verb - To strike with fear.

Usage example: around the campfire the campers tried to frighten one another with ghostly legends and grisly tales

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Console is an antonym for frighten.

Nearby Words: frightening, fright, frighting

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