Antonyms for consolation
ˌkɒn səˈleɪ ʃəncon·so·la·tion

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1. consolation

   Antonyms:
   adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitation

   Synonyms:
   blessing, boon, comfort, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph

Matched Categories

1. • Comfort
   • Relief

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1. consolation, solace, solacementnoun

   the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

   "second place was no consolation to him"

   Synonyms:
   comfort, solace, solacement

2. consolation, comfort, solacenoun

   the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

   "his presence was a consolation to her"

   Synonyms:
   solacement, comfortableness, quilt, ease, comfort, solace, comforter, puff

How to use consolation in a sentence?

1. Eric Ambler:

   For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

2. Voltaire:

   The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

3. Frank Moore Colby:

   That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

4. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

5. Samir Puri:

   There's every possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin will move now to effectively bisect Ukraine ; that will give Russian President Vladimir Putin enough to be able to declare a victory domestically, and allay Russian President Vladimir Putin critics that this has been a botched invasion, taking The Donbas( would be) a consolation prize, because Kyiv is now out of Russia's military grasp, but The Donbas's The Donbas.

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