英语词汇“comforting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

comforting

/ˈkʌmfətɪŋ

adjective

1Serving to alleviate a person’s feelings of grief or distress: we would like to thank our family and friends for their support and their comforting words...

She was grateful for his comforting words and reassuring gestures.
It is comforting to think that his was a death with dignity and solitude.
The concept of a tragic flaw, after all, is strangely comforting, even absolving.

Synonyms

console, solace, bring comfort to, give solace to, condole with, give condolences to, commiserate with, give sympathy to, sympathize with;

help, support, succour, ease;

reassure, soothe, assuage, calm, relieve, cheer, hearten, gladden, uplift, give a lift to, encourage

informal buck up

consoling, consolatory, condoling, commiserative, sympathetic, understanding, compassionate, solicitous, gentle, tender, warm, protective, caring, loving;

helpful, supportive, easing;

reassuring, soothing, assuaging, calming, relieving, cheering, heartening, uplifting, encouraging

1.1Serving to improve a person’s mood or restore a sense of physical well-being: a comforting bowl of soup...

The warm comforting smell of coffee drifts closer carrying with it the protecting arms of home.
I can smell the comforting aroma of butter and black-peppered fluffy baked potato.
Cooking time can, of course, be longer, but what could be better than the comforting smell of home-cooked food wafting through the house?

Derivatives

comfortingly

adverb ...

It seems to me that certain gospel-influenced strands of pop music are comfortingly familiar and participatory.
A yummy mix of fudge brownie, chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla ice cream, this is an comfortingly indulgent Sunday treat.
Watching him unravel over the course of his story becomes a horrendous and yet comfortingly human experience.

单词	comforting
释义	comforting /ˈkʌmfətɪŋ / adjective 1Serving to alleviate a person’s feelings of grief or distress: we would like to thank our family and friends for their support and their comforting words... She was grateful for his comforting words and reassuring gestures. It is comforting to think that his was a death with dignity and solitude. The concept of a tragic flaw, after all, is strangely comforting, even absolving. Synonyms console, solace, bring comfort to, give solace to, condole with, give condolences to, commiserate with, give sympathy to, sympathize with; help, support, succour, ease; reassure, soothe, assuage, calm, relieve, cheer, hearten, gladden, uplift, give a lift to, encourage informal buck up consoling, consolatory, condoling, commiserative, sympathetic, understanding, compassionate, solicitous, gentle, tender, warm, protective, caring, loving; helpful, supportive, easing; reassuring, soothing, assuaging, calming, relieving, cheering, heartening, uplifting, encouraging 1.1Serving to improve a person’s mood or restore a sense of physical well-being: a comforting bowl of soup... The warm comforting smell of coffee drifts closer carrying with it the protecting arms of home. I can smell the comforting aroma of butter and black-peppered fluffy baked potato. Cooking time can, of course, be longer, but what could be better than the comforting smell of home-cooked food wafting through the house? Derivatives comfortingly adverb ... It seems to me that certain gospel-influenced strands of pop music are comfortingly familiar and participatory. A yummy mix of fudge brownie, chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla ice cream, this is an comfortingly indulgent Sunday treat. Watching him unravel over the course of his story becomes a horrendous and yet comfortingly human experience.
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