| 单词 | reassuring |
| 释义 | reassuring (once / 1206 pages) adj Something reassuring comforts or inspires you. A reassuring smile can help to calm a nervous speaker who's about to give a speech. When you're anxious about singing in the talent show, some reassuring words from your best friend or your dad's reassuring hug can make you feel much more relaxed and confident. And fearful flyers sometimes find the calm voice of the captain reassuring. This adjective comes from the verb reassure, or "restore to confidence," which adds re-, or "again," to assure, which has the Latin root securus, "safe or secure." WORD FAMILYreassuring: reassuringly, unreassuring+/assurance: assurances, self-assurance/assure: assurance, assured, assures, assuring, reassure/assured: assuredest, assuredly, assuredness, self-assured, unassured/assuring: assuringly/reassurance: reassurances/reassure: reassurance, reassured, reassures, reassuring/reassured: reassuredly/unreassuring: unreassuringly USAGE EXAMPLESObviously, this reassuring vision no longer describes the real world, if it ever did. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) A reassuring lady with a motherly voice talks me down. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) I’ll leave that to further rounds and retreat to the reassuring order of a list. Slate(Dec 26, 2016) adj restoring confidence and relieving anxiety a very reassuring remark Syn|Ant assuasive, soothing freeing from fear and anxiety assuringgiving confidence comforting, consolatory, consolingaffording comfort or solace encouraginggiving courage or confidence or hope unreassuring, worrisome not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety |
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