reassuring
adjective
- restoring or intended to restore confidence : reducing or eliminating worry or uncertainty
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈʃɔːɹɪŋ/
adj
- That reassures; causing or restoring comfort or confidence.
“The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].”
“It was reassuring to be back in the regent's warm embrace.”
noun
- reassurance
“Alfred trembled, and felt a great sinking inside, but he did what he could to conceal his misery, and to respond with some show of heart to the Major's kindly pettings and reassurings.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of reassure