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Definitions for COMFORTING
com·fort·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
comforting, cheering, satisfyingadjective
providing freedom from worry
comforting, consolatory, consolingadjective
affording comfort or solace
Wiktionary
comfortingadjective
Giving comfort.
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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of COMFORTING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of COMFORTING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of COMFORTING in a Sentence
It's still a transition period when you bring the dog home. My wife had to get used to me spending a lot of time with her as well as Bella coming up and comforting me, it was about six months to a year when things really started to gel and she just became another part of the family.
What is especially difficult for elders is the disruption of extended support networks, such as neighbors or the people they see at church, those are the' Hey, how are you doing ? How are your kids ? Anything you need ?' interactions. That type of caring is very comforting and it's now missing.
It will have the opposite effect of what we would want for kids, rather than the physical affection being comforting and reassuring, it becomes anxiety-provoking.
We sketch monsters on the map because we find their presence comforting. They guard the edges of the abyss, and force us to look away; so we can live comfortably in the Known World, at least for a little while.
We landed very, very close to where we were supposed to be, and there’s nothing more comforting to be descending down, and pretty soon the pressure on the outside is more than the pressure on the inside and we began to smell salt air, then we knew we were home.
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