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comforting
adjective as in cheering
Strongest matches
Strong matches
abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, consoling, curing, freeing, inspiriting, invigorating, lightening, mitigating, relieving, remedying, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, softening, solacing, succoring, sustaining, tranquilizing, upholding, warming
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The picture all but disappeared in the decades following its initial release; its placement on Ovid is a comforting reminder of the particular niche that services like this can fill.
A bakery along the road blared songs by the Lebanese diva Fairouz, a familiar and comforting soundtrack in the country, and gave out cookies with tiny banners that read, “Smile, better days are coming.”
It would be comforting to think that the Kremlin shares that view.
She said it would be comforting to know that she could have a "peaceful death when the time comes" so that "none of us would suffer".
Grief can become a danger when we start to find the past more comforting than reality, which isn’t hard to do when dealing with the loss of someone close to us.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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