单词 | comforting |
释义 | comforting (once / 1158 pages) adj WORD FAMILY comforting: comfortinger, comfortingly+/comfort: comfortable, comforted, comforter, comforting, comfortless, comforts, discomfort/comfortable: comfortableness, comfortabler, comfortablest, comfortably, uncomfortable/comfortableness: comfortablenesses/comforted: comfortedly/comforter: comforters/comfortless: comfortlessly/discomfort: discomforts/uncomfortable: uncomfortableness, uncomfortablest, uncomfortably/uncomfortableness: uncomfortablenesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s gratingly intrusive when it tries to keep you busy, and transcendentally comforting when it settles for just keeping you company. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) It is comforting to note, however, that our era isn’t alone in its bathetic encounters. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) When faced with adversity and disappointment, it is often comforting to look inward to the essence of being. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj providing freedom from worry Syn cheering, satisfying satisfactory giving satisfaction 2adj affording comfort or solace Syn consolatory, consoling reassuring restoring confidence and relieving anxiety |
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