Comforting synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
Giving impetus or spirit; animating, encouraging.
Giving courage, confidence or hope
Which consoles.
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Allay is defined as to settle or calm someone or something.
The definition of ameliorate is to improve or make better.
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To make new or as if new again; make young, fresh, or strong again; bring back into good condition
To give life or energy to.
To operate or work (against)
To give new life to:
To return to use, currency, activity, or notice:
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To create (a musical or literary work)
To cause (a group) to end a rebellion or other violent action.
That reassures; causing comfort or confidence.
Pleasantly fresh and different:
Of, or relating to therapy.
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The definition of supportive is someone or something who provides emotional help and encouragement.
disturbing (antonym)
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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distressing (antonym)
sympathetic (related)
Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system:
discomforting (antonym)
cheering
troublesome (antonym)
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
aggravating (antonym)
cheering
irritating (antonym)
Stimulating or exciting a response.
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depressing (antonym)
Dismal; dreary:
dispiriting (antonym)
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
To alleviate; assuage:
To comfort, cheer, or console, as in trouble or sorrow.
To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another
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Support is defined as to provide comfort, encouragement or financial assistance to someone.
To give pleasure to, now specif., sexually
To lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
To make glad:
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
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To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.
(Intransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with.
(Archaic) To belittle; minimize; disparage
exasperating (antonym)
To exasperate is defined as to cause someone to become greatly irritated or annoyed.
provoking (antonym)
The definition of provoke is to push something to happen, or to annoy.
vexing (antonym)
To distress, afflict, or plague
tormenting (antonym)
To annoy, harass, or tease
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bothering (antonym)
To worry or trouble, esp. with petty annoyances; harass, pester, etc.
annoying (antonym)
(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
troubling (antonym)
To trouble is to cause pain, distress or worry.
hurting (antonym)
To undermine, impede, or damage.
discouraging (antonym)
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
afflicting (antonym)
The definition of afflict is to cause great physical or mental pain or agony or to create for someone a curse to bear.
pitying (related)
(Now regional) To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. [from 16th c.]
increasing (related)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
homely (related)
regretful (related)
disconcert (related)
soporific (related)
analeptic
That restores or stimulates health.
Find another word for comforting. In this page you can discover 84 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for comforting, like: heartening, inspiriting, encouraging, consoling, warming, cheering, consolatory, succoring, assuaging, enduring and assisting.