a shoulder to cry on
C2 someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement:
I wish you'd been here when my mother died and I needed a shoulder to cry on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sympathy & compassion
- a good listener idiom
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
- better luck next time idiom
- bleeding heart
- cloud
- fellow feeling
- go out to sb
- hard luck! idiom
- hard/tough cheese! idiom
- heartrending
- poor
- relate
- relate to sb
- sad
- sensitive
- shoulder
- solace
- sympathy vote
- understanding
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