reassuring en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
The manifesto talks of safeguards to ensure that freight operators receive fair access to the network. These may be reassuring words for the likes of DB Cargo, but the devil will be in the detail and freight operators will no doubt be pressing for that detail to include cheaper electricity and access charges.
2024 October 30, Andy Comfort, “Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 61:It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 95: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. […].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more reassuring | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most reassuring | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unreassuring · reassuringly · nonreassuring
Translations (15)
it tranquillizzante (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · de bestätigend (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · fr rassurant (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · nrf rasseûthant (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · de beruhigend (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · it rassicurante (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · es reconfortante (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · el καθησυχαστικός (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · fi rauhoittava (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · it tranquillizzato (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · hu biztató (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · es tranquilizador (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · hu megnyugtató (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · ja 心強い (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence) · de ermutigend (that reassures; causing comfort or confidence)