console
kun-SOHLverbMeaning to comfort someone who is sad or disappointed
Memory hook a CONE for a SAD SOUL. Pip comes in last in the race, so Nana Lou hands him an ice cream cone and a hug: “You ran your best.” She consoles him.
Rosa consoled her little brother after his kite blew away.
In context Losing the spelling bee by a single letter crushed Dev, so his grandmother consoled him with a hug and a reminder of how far he had come since last year.
Similar comfort, cheer, solace, reassure
Opposite upset, distress, trouble
From Latin consolari, “to comfort”: con (with) + solari (to comfort), the root of solace.