comforting
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comforting
- /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ US
- /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ UK
adjective more comforting · most comforting
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Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
Your comforting words help ease my mind.
Similar: easeful, grateful, besoothing, cheering, comforting, consoling, encouraging, inspiriting, reassuring, soothing
Opposite: alarming
verb
- present participle and gerund of comfort
noun comfortings
- The act of giving comfort. Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea[…]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: consoling, consolatory, satisfying, satisfactory, reassuring, cheering, comfortable, comfy, soothing, palliative, agreeable, gratifying, encouraging, heartening, nice, pleasing
adjective
Opposite: alarming
Translations
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adj giving comfort
| Español | consolador, reconfortante |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | सुखद sukhad, सुखदायक sukhdāyak, सुखदायी sukhdāyī |
| Français | rassurant, réconfortant |
| Deutsch | tröstlich, beruhigend, ermutigend, tröstend, trostreich |
| Italiano | consolante, riassicurante, rassicurante, confortante |
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