Synonyms:
comforting, consolatory, consoling
Meaning: affording comfort or solace
Usage examples
'Papa himself,' said Margaret, longing to say something gentle and consoling, but literally not knowing how.
This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet, and therefore, instead of making any answer, she went on as before.
He was busy consoling a monarch for the loss of his throne, and preparing himself and his royal patron for the scaffold.
In all these cases charity comes to the aid by consoling the one, procuring little gratifications for the other, and helping another.
Nor was Darcy's vindication, though grateful to her feelings, capable of consoling her for such discovery. Most earnestly did she labour to prove the probability of error, and seek to clear the one without involving the other.