Synonyms for comforting
com·fort·ing

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1. comforting, cheering, satisfyingadjective

   providing freedom from worry

   Synonyms:
   consoling, cheering, hearty, square, solid, consolatory, satisfying, substantial

   Antonyms:
   unreassuring, unsatisfactory, worrisome

2. comforting, consolatory, consolingadjective

   affording comfort or solace

   Synonyms:
   satisfying, cheering, consoling, consolatory

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfactory, unreassuring, worrisome

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1. List of paraphrases for "comforting":

   reassuring, heartening, refreshing, gratifying, soothing

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1. Victor Frankl:

   We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.

2. Manuel Fontaine:

   Ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence, we cannot respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways. We need more courage, more creativity, and far, far more resources.

3. Ann Landers:

   Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

4. Unknown:

   Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.