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单词 reassuring
释义

reassuring

adjective

re·​as·​sur·​ing ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-iŋ How to pronounce reassuring (audio)
: restoring or intended to restore confidence : reducing or eliminating worry or uncertainty
reassuring news
a reassuring smile/response
"Of course you can come," said Kit, stooping to give the child a reassuring hug. Elizabeth George Speare
Cliffs Notes, of course, are those popular little study guides with the yellow-and-black covers emblazoned with the reassuring motto, "Your Key to the Classics." Glenn Collins
reassuringly
ˌrē-ə-ˈshu̇r-iŋ-lē How to pronounce reassuring (audio)
adverb
smiled reassuringly
a reassuringly familiar feeling

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

reassuring 1 of 2

adjective

as in comforting

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • comforting
  • soothing
  • encouraging
  • cheering
  • hopeful
  • optimistic
  • heartening
  • promising
  • assured
  • upbeat
  • likely
  • sure
  • positive
  • confident
  • rosy
  • doubtless
  • propitious
  • auspicious
  • decisive
  • unhesitating
  • roseate
  • golden
  • fair
  • bright
  • bullish
  • rose-colored
  • favorable
  • beamish
  • good
  • eupeptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • discouraging
  • unlikely
  • desperate
  • depressing
  • dark
  • bleak
  • pessimistic
  • hopeless
  • disheartening
  • gloomy
  • dismal
  • uncertain
  • doubtful
  • unpromising
  • inauspicious
  • dreary
  • dubious
  • negative
  • downbeat
  • cheerless
  • unencouraging
  • grim
  • unpropitious
  • unfavorable
  • comfortless
  • gray
  • grey
  • miserable
  • glum
  • bearish
  • wretched
  • funereal
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reassuring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of reassure
as in assuring
to ease the grief or distress of tried to reassure her that the dog would come back home by nightfall

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • comforting
  • assuring
  • soothing
  • consoling
  • cheering
  • uplifting
  • solacing
  • sympathizing
  • relieving
  • commiserating
  • calming
  • empathizing
  • alleviating
  • lifting
  • allaying
  • elevating
  • condoling
  • assuaging
  • relaxing
  • tranquilizing
  • quieting
  • boosting
  • tranquillizing
  • buoying (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • troubling
  • distressing
  • worrying
  • discouraging
  • upsetting
  • tormenting
  • disheartening
  • torturing
  • demoralizing
  • aggravating
  • intensifying
  • irritating
  • worsening
  • fretting
  • annoying
  • harassing
  • pestering
  • irking
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