solace

Trost

Ein Gefühl der Erleichterung, das Traurigkeit, Einsamkeit oder Sorgen mildert.

In einfachem Englisch: Comfort that helps you feel less sad, lonely, or worried.

• She found solace in music.
• His friends offered solace after the loss.
• We took solace in knowing that she was safe.

So benutzt man es: find/take solace in something/doing something (He found solace in walking beside the river.)

Synonyme: comfort, consolation

Häufige Wendungen: find solace, take solace, solace in something

Trost

Ein Mensch oder eine Sache, die Traurigkeit oder Sorgen lindert.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone or something that makes you feel less sad or worried.

• Her garden was her only solace.
• He found solace in his friends after the funeral.
• These letters offered a small solace during her lonely evenings.

So benutzt man es: find solace in something (She found solace in painting.)

Synonyme: comfort, consolation

Häufige Wendungen: a small solace, find solace, solace in music

trösten

Jemandem helfen, weniger traurig oder besorgt zu sein.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone feel less sad or worried.

• Her gentle words solaced him.
• He tried to solace his grieving sister.
• The child was solaced by her grandmother’s embrace.

Synonyme: comfort, console

Häufige Wendungen: solace someone, solace the grieving

lindern

Schmerz, Traurigkeit oder Sorgen schwächer machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To make pain, sadness, or worry less strong.

• Music solaced her sorrow.
• His letter did little to solace my grief.
• She hoped that prayer would solace her distress.

Synonyme: ease, soothe, relieve

Gegenteile: intensify

Häufige Wendungen: solace someone’s grief, solace the pain

Trost finden

Durch etwas Trost oder Freude empfinden.

In einfachem Englisch: To feel comfort or happiness from something.

• She solaced in their company.
• He solaced with friends after his loss.
• In those lonely days, they solaced in their shared faith.

So benutzt man es: solace in something (He solaced in the memory of happier days.)

Synonyme: take comfort

Häufige Wendungen: solace in something, solace with friends