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reassuring

/ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/

reassuring is the present participle and gerund of reassure.

Meaning of reassure

Verb

reassure (third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)

  1. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
    • The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
  2. (transitive) To reinsure.

Adjective

reassuring (comparative more reassuring, superlative most reassuring)

  1. That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
    • The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
    • It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 95

Noun

reassuring (plural reassurings)

  1. reassurance
    • Alfred trembled, and felt a great sinking inside, but he did what he could to conceal his misery, and to respond with some show of heart to the Major's kindly pettings and reassurings.1900, Mark Twain, The Belated Russian Passport

Forms of reassuring

Adjective
comparativemore reassuring
superlativemost reassuring
Noun
pluralreassurings

Words formed from reassuring

Questions about reassuring

What does reassuring mean?
Reassuring means that reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
What is reassuring the present participle and gerund of?
Reassuring is the present participle and gerund of reassure.
What part of speech is reassuring?
Reassuring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce reassuring?
Reassuring is pronounced /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near reassuring in the dictionary

  1. reassurer
  2. reassurers
  3. reassures
  4. reassurest
  5. reassureth
  6. reassuring
  7. reassuringly
  8. reassurings
  9. reast
  10. reasted
  11. reastiness

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