solace

réconfort, consolation

Apaisement qui aide à se sentir moins triste, seul ou inquiet.

En anglais simple : Comfort that helps you feel less sad, lonely, or worried.

• She found solace in music.
• His friends offered solace after the loss.
• We took solace in knowing that she was safe.

Comment l'utiliser : find/take solace in something/doing something (He found solace in walking beside the river.)

Synonymes : comfort, consolation

Expressions courantes : find solace, take solace, solace in something

réconfort, consolation

Personne ou chose qui aide à se sentir moins triste ou inquiet.

En anglais simple : Someone or something that makes you feel less sad or worried.

• Her garden was her only solace.
• He found solace in his friends after the funeral.
• These letters offered a small solace during her lonely evenings.

Comment l'utiliser : find solace in something (She found solace in painting.)

Synonymes : comfort, consolation

Expressions courantes : a small solace, find solace, solace in music

consoler, réconforter

Aider quelqu’un à se sentir moins triste ou inquiet.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel less sad or worried.

• Her gentle words solaced him.
• He tried to solace his grieving sister.
• The child was solaced by her grandmother’s embrace.

Synonymes : comfort, console

Expressions courantes : solace someone, solace the grieving

apaiser, soulager

Rendre une douleur, une tristesse ou une inquiétude moins forte.

En anglais simple : To make pain, sadness, or worry less strong.

• Music solaced her sorrow.
• His letter did little to solace my grief.
• She hoped that prayer would solace her distress.

Synonymes : ease, soothe, relieve

Contraires : intensify

Expressions courantes : solace someone’s grief, solace the pain

se consoler

Trouver du réconfort ou du bonheur dans quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To feel comfort or happiness from something.

• She solaced in their company.
• He solaced with friends after his loss.
• In those lonely days, they solaced in their shared faith.

Comment l'utiliser : solace in something (He solaced in the memory of happier days.)

Synonymes : take comfort

Expressions courantes : solace in something, solace with friends