English-Thai Dictionary
solace
N สิ่ง ปลอบใจ การ ปลอบใจ consolation cheer comfort soothing support siang-plob-jai
solace
VT ปลอบใจ comfort console discomfort plob-jai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SOLACE
v.t.[from L. soatium; solor, to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console. ] 1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in afflication; to console; applied to persons; as, to solace one's self with the hop of future reward.
2. To allay; to assuage; as, to solace grief.
SOLACE
v.i.To take comfort; to be cheered or relieved in grief.
SOLACE
n.Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; recreation. The propersolaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
SOLACED
pp. Comforted; cheered in afflication.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SOLACE
Sol "ace, n. Etym: [OF. solas, ssoulaz, L. solacium, solatium, fr. solari to comfort, console. Cf. Console, v. t.]
1. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. In business of mirth and of solace. Chaucer. The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. Rambler.
2. Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs. ] To make his steed some solace. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief.
SOLACE
Sol "ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Solacing. ]Etym: [OF. solacier, soulacier, F. solacier, LL. solatiare. See Solace, n.]
1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Syn. -- To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort.
SOLACE
SOLACE Sol "ace, v. i.
Defn: To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.
SOLACEMENT
SOLACEMENT Sol "ace *ment, n.
Defn: The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
solace
sol ace |ˈsälis ˈsɑləs | ▶noun comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness: she sought solace in her religion. ▶verb [ with obj. ] give solace to. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French solas (noun ), solacier (verb ), based on Latin solari ‘to console. ’
Oxford Dictionary
solace
solace |ˈsɒlɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] comfort or consolation in a time of great distress or sadness: she sought solace in her religion. ▶verb [ with obj. ] give solace to. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French solas (noun ), solacier (verb ), based on Latin solari ‘to console ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
solace
solace noun they found solace in each other: comfort, consolation, cheer, support, relief. ▶verb she was solaced with tea and sympathy: comfort, console, cheer, support, soothe, calm.
Oxford Thesaurus
solace
solace noun they tried to find solace in pictures of their little girl as they wanted to remember her: comfort, consolation, cheer, support, relief. ▶verb Miss Wharton was driven home to be solaced with tea and sympathy: comfort, give solace to, console, cheer, support, relieve, soothe, calm.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
solace
sol ace /sɑ́ləs |sɔ́l -/名詞 ⦅かたく ⦆1 U «…における /…からの » 慰め, 安堵 (あんど ) «in /from » ▸ find solace in work 仕事に安堵を求める 2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗 «…にとって » 慰めとなるもの [人 ] «to , for » .