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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
Translations
reassuring [riːəˈʃuərɪŋ] adj → tranquilizador(a)
reassuring [riːəˈʃuərɪŋ] adj → rassurant(e)
reassuring [riːəˈʃuərɪŋ] reassure adj → beruhigend
reassuring [riːəˈʃuərɪŋ] adj → rassicurante


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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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