reassuring

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reassuring

  • /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ UK

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of reassure

adjective more reassuring · most reassuring

  1. That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence. The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].

noun reassurings

  1. reassurance Alfred trembled, and felt a great sinking inside, but he did what he could to conceal his misery, and to respond with some show of heart to the Major's kindly pettings and reassurings.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: consolatory, comforting, consoling, soothing, assuasive, assuring, calming, pacifying, reliable, satisfactory, convincing, persuasive, good, encouraging, secure, safe

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adj that reassures; causing comfort or confidence

Españolreconfortante, tranquilizador
日本語心強い kokorozuyoi
Françaisrassurant
Deutschermutigend, beruhigend, bestätigend
Italianotranquillizzato, tranquillizzante, rassicurante
Ελληνικάκαθησυχαστικός kathisychastikós

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@misc{reassuring_2026,
  title = {reassuring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reassuring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}