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reassuring

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re·as·sure  (r-shr)
tr.v. re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing, re·as·sures
1. To restore confidence to.
2. To assure again.
3. To reinsure.
reas·surance n.
reas·suring·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.reassuring - restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark"
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
unreassuring, worrisome - not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
reassuring
adjective encouraging, comforting, cheering, heartening, inspiriting She gave me some reassuring news.
Translations
reassuring [ˈriːəˈʃʊərɪŋ] ADJ (= pacifying) → tranquilizador; (= encouraging) → alentador
to make reassuring noises (fig) → hacer comentarios tranquilizadores
it is reassuring to know that → (me)tranquiliza saber que ..., es tranquilizador saber que ...
reassuring [ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋ] adj [news, words, smile] → rassurant(e)
reassuring
adj → beruhigend; they had been reassuring about the technical problems → sie waren hinsichtlich der technischen Schwierigkeiten zuversichtlich gewesen, sie hatten sich beruhigend über die technischen Schwierigkeiten geäußert; it is reassuring to know that … → es ist beruhigend zu wissen, dass …
reassuring [ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋ] adj → rassicurante
reassuring [ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋ] adj → rassicurante
reassuring → مُطمئِن uklidňující betryggende beruhigend καθησυχαστικός tranquilizador rauhoittava rassurant umirujući rassicurante 安心させる 안심시켜 주는 geruststellend beroligende uspokajający tranquilizador, tranqüilizador обнадеживающий uppmuntrande ที่ให้ความมั่นใจ güven verici làm yên lòng 让人放心的


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Poor youth, she would come to the window if she were able, I am sure, to sign that the one little unkindness is long forgotten, to send you a reassuring smile till you and she meet again; and, if you are not to meet again, still to send you a reassuring, trembling smile.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
He pressed her arm with an air of reassuring proprietorship.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
Field--Nathaniel Field, author of The Fatal Dowry, and an actor of reputation--in his singular costume, and with a face of perhaps not quite reassuring subtlety, might pass for the original of those Italian, or Italianized, voluptuaries in sin which pleased the fancy of Shakespeare's age.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
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