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Comforting

//ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.

    "Your comforting words help ease my mind."

Adjective
  1. 1
    affording comfort or solace wordnet
  2. 2
    providing freedom from worry wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of giving comfort.

    "Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of comfort form-of, gerund, participle, present

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