comforting
Syllables: com·fort·ing/ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ/US/ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/
comforting adjective: giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress. Also the present participle and gerund of comfort.
Adjective
comforting (comparative more comforting, superlative most comforting)
- Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
- Your comforting words help ease my mind.
- It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.
- Synonyms:
- easeful, besoothing, cheering, consoling, encouraging, inspiriting, reassuring, soothing
Noun
comforting (plural comfortings)
- The act of giving comfort.
- Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea[…]1836, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England, page 269
Also used as
comforting is also the present participle and gerund of comfort.
comforting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
comforting in Hindi
- giving comfort
- सुखद sukhad, सुखदायक sukhdāyak, सुखदायी sukhdāyī
comforting in Tamil
- ஆறுதல் அளிக்கிறது, ஆறுதல் தருகிறது
comforting in Bengali
- সান্ত্বনাদায়ক
comforting in Kannada
- ಸಾಂತ್ವನ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ, ಸಾಂತ್ವನ ನೀಡುತ್ತವೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- comforting in Gujarati
- દિલાસો આપે છે
- comforting in Odia
- ସାନ୍ତ୍ବନାଦାଯ଼କ
Synonyms of comforting
Antonyms
Forms of comforting
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more comforting |
| superlative | most comforting |
| Noun | |
| plural | comfortings |
Words formed from comforting
Questions about comforting
- What does comforting mean?
- Comforting means giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
- What is comforting in Hindi?
- Comforting in Hindi is सुखद (sukhad), सुखदायक (sukhdāyak), सुखदायी (sukhdāyī). See Comforting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is comforting?
- Comforting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce comforting?
- Comforting is pronounced /ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ (US).
Words near comforting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: comforting (page history and authors); comforting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comforting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comforting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comforting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comforting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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