comforting

[ kuhm-fer-ting ]

adjective

1. affording comfort or solace.

Other Words From

• comfort·ing·ly adverb
• un·comfort·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of comforting¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; comfort + -ing ²

Example Sentences

There’s also something comforting for audiences in seeing familiar faces on the screen, like Tom Cruise in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” which returned to the flyboy’s story after a 36-year hiatus, or Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in 2020’s “Bad Boys for Life,” which came 17 years after the franchise’s last installment.

From Los Angeles Times

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".

From BBC

Before I landed on life as a writer, I had dreams of becoming a chef, inspired by kitschy yet comforting cooking shows from celebrity chefs like Emeril Lagasse and Ina Garten.

From Salon

He says he finds prison oddly comforting.

From BBC

That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive nuclear waste, as well as the world’s largest stockpile of plutonium.

From BBC

Related Words

• encouraging
• reassuring
• refreshing
• soothing