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comforting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kŭmʹfərtĭng (General-American)

Meanings

  1. Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
    • Your comforting words help ease my mind.
    • It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.

Forms

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more comforting Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most comforting Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

alarming

Coordinates

enjoyable · gladdening

Deriveds

comfortingly · comfortingness · uncomforting

Hypernyms

moving · pleasant

Synonyms

cheering · reassuring · besoothing · inspiriting · soothing · comforting · easeful · encouraging · consoling

Translations (25)

fi lohduttava (giving comfort) · uk вті́шний (giving comfort) · hi सुखदायी (giving comfort) · it rassicurante (giving comfort) · de trostreich (giving comfort) · nl geruststellende (giving comfort) · es consolador (giving comfort) · it riassicurante (giving comfort) · de tröstlich (giving comfort) · it confortante (giving comfort) · hi सुखद (giving comfort) · nl geruststellend (giving comfort) · de beruhigend (giving comfort) · it consolante (giving comfort) · uk уті́шний (giving comfort) · de tröstend (giving comfort) · nl troostende (giving comfort) · de ermutigend (giving comfort) · hi सुखदायक (giving comfort) · nl troostend (giving comfort) · fr rassurant (giving comfort) · es reconfortante (giving comfort) · la cōnsōlātōrius (giving comfort) · fr réconfortant (giving comfort) · fi lohdullinen (giving comfort)

comforting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kŭmʹfərtĭng (General-American)

Meanings

  1. 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[…] 1836, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England, page 269:

Forms

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comfortings Number=Plur lexicographic

comforting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • kŭmʹfərtĭng (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of comfort
    form of comfort