reassuring

See also: re-assuring

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/

Verb

reassuring

1. present participle and gerund of reassure

Adjective

reassuring (comparative more reassuring, superlative most reassuring)

1. That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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. […] .

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 95:

     It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace.

Translations

that reassures; causing comfort or confidence

• Finnish: rauhoittava (fi)
• French: rassurant (fr)
• German: ermutigend (de), beruhigend (de), bestätigend (de)
• Hungarian: biztató (hu), megnyugtató (hu)
• Italian: tranquillizzato (it), tranquillizzante (it), rassicurante (it)
• Japanese: 心強い (ja) (こころづよい, kokorozuyoi)
• Norman: rasseûthant
• Spanish: reconfortante (es), tranquilizador (es)

Noun

reassuring (plural reassurings)

1. reassurance
   • 1900, Mark Twain, The Belated Russian Passport:

     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.