consolable
Able to soothe
Consolable describes someone capable of being comforted or soothed after grief or disappointment.
The word appears most often in its negative form: an inconsolable widow, inconsolable grief.
When consolable does appear, it typically suggests that comfort is possible, even if difficult: She was distraught but consolable.
Given emotional relief
- soothedCalmed or comforted
- reassuredHad confidence restored
- calmedMade tranquil
- pacifiedMade tranquil again
solaced · heartened · encouraged · cheered · uplifted · buoyed · gladdened · appeased
Quick to react
- receptiveOpen to input
- openNot closed
- reachableAble to be contacted
- approachableEasy to engage with
accessible · amenable · manageable · persuadable · touchable · sensitive · soft-hearted · tender-hearted
Able to recover
- mendableAble to be fixed
- curableAble to be healed
- repairableAble to be fixed
- restorableAble to be renewed
salvageable · remediable · rectifiable · fixable · retrievable · reboundable · resilient
comforted
Given emotional relief
pacified · solaced · heartened · encouraged · cheered · uplifted · buoyed · gladdened · appeased · placated
responsive
Quick to react
approachable · accessible · amenable · manageable · persuadable · touchable · sensitive · soft-hearted · tender-hearted · vulnerable
healable
Able to recover
- mendableAble to be fixed
- curableAble to be healed
- repairableAble to be fixed
restorable · salvageable · remediable · rectifiable · fixable · retrievable · reboundable · resilient
consolableinconsolable
Unable to be comforted
unconsolable · disconsolate · beyond comfort · desolate · forlorn