What does comforting mean?

Definitions for comforting
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. comforting, cheering, satisfyingadjective

    providing freedom from worry

  2. comforting, consolatory, consolingadjective

    affording comfort or solace

Wiktionary

  1. comfortingadjective

    Giving comfort.

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  1. comforting

    Comforting refers to the act of providing emotional support, consolation, or relief to someone who is experiencing distress, anxiety, pain, or grief. It involves offering kindness, encouragement, sympathy or words and actions that help to alleviate one's feelings of sorrow or distress.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of comforting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of comforting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of comforting in a Sentence

  1. Kardashian West:

    Even though I'm not big on taking advice -- I don't believe there's only one-way-or-the-highway and we all have to adapt into our own routines -- it's so comforting to know that I have sisters whom I can ask about anything that may come up, just by observing them as moms, I've already learned so much.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    As someone who lives in New York who has experienced the horrors of terrorism close up and personal, the idea of having someone on the Supreme Court who understands those issues, as well as their horrible human effect, is very comforting.

  3. Clark Mousakas:

    Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him

  4. Dee Pernell:

    I think, for most people, comfort food is nostalgic, it's heavy ; it's warm ; it's comforting and it feels like a big hug.

  5. Ann Landers:

    Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

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Translations for comforting

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  • consolador, reconfortanteSpanish
  • lohduttava, lohdullinenFinnish
  • rassurant, rassuranteFrench
  • geruststellende, troostende, geruststellend, troostendDutch
  • rahatlatıcıTurkish

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