comforting

[ kuhm-fer-ting ]

adjective

1. affording comfort or solace.

Other Words From

• comfort·ing·ly adverb
• un·comfort·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of comforting¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; comfort + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Not surprisingly, many of these new collections focus on simple, comforting dishes that don’t require pricey cooking equipment or esoteric ingredients to make.

From Eater

Her unblinking and sympathetic look at the diverse ways humans come to their final resting places is an oddly comforting reminder of what a compassionate burial can do for the living.

From Outside Online

That’s the key question, and it’s comforting to know that researchers are making progress.

From Nautilus

There are also some comforting numbers as the effects of the pandemic are different depending on a business niche.

From Search Engine Watch

It’s very comforting to think that one person can make things great or terrible.

From Freakonomics

All this data is a mirror held up to ourselves, and in a way, it's rather comforting.

From The Daily Beast

It is more comforting to associate bigotry with certain attitudes supposedly on the fringes of public life.

From The Daily Beast

In an environment of uncertainty, fixating on the accused is comforting.

From The Daily Beast

It was refreshingly candid, but not necessarily theologically sound or comforting to Christian voters.

From The Daily Beast

After being yelled at like that by Christopher, is it comforting or horrifying for Morello to run into Nichols immediately?

From The Daily Beast

I rather fear, major, that your method of comforting me is not what the missionary would call orthodox.

From Project Gutenberg

That thou mayest bear thy shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, comforting them.

From Project Gutenberg

All believers may not enjoy this blessing; few may attain to it in any comforting or satisfactory measure; yet it is attainable.

From Project Gutenberg

One glance up into the sky over the trees in the Park helped her more than any human comforting.

From Project Gutenberg

When, by way of comforting Jaffery, I criticised Doria's outburst, he fell upon me as though about to devour me alive.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• encouraging
• reassuring
• refreshing
• soothing