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Meanings of reassuring in English

Catalan
tranquil·litzador
Spanish
reconfortante

Restoring confidence and relieving anxiety.

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tranquil·litzador
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Examples for "unreassuring"
Examples for "unreassuring"
1
Couched thus, this creature yawned and disclosed unreassuring teeth.
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
2
The answer was familiarly unreassuring.
The Guardian
Usage of reassuring in English
1
This was, of course, in one sense about reassuring the German public.
BBC
2
I think it might be a good idea, and reassuring for you.
Honor thyself
3
Samuel Tombs, UK economist at Capital Economics, said the data was reassuring.
The Guardian
4
Mr Cameron said some reassuring things about precision weapons and pilot skills.
The Guardian
5
They know a glorious and reassuring truth: we are accepted by God.
The Irish Times
6
The attitude of the crowd in the wine shop was not reassuring.
The Light That Lures
7
He smiled; and the quality of the grimace was not exactly reassuring.
The Moon Pool
8
The new finding should be reassuring for women, Thornburg told Reuters Health.
Reuters
9
I saw him at my house, a gentle, reassuring and intimate environment.
A journey: my political life
10
Banks and the other Union leaders in the valley sent reassuring replies.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
11
Tanis asked, reaching out his hand and feeling Sturm's strong, reassuring grasp.
Dragons of autumn twilight
12
I never like the way doctors speak, especially when they are reassuring.'
The Human Factor
13
I ask, reassuring myself that she cannot know my feelings for him.
The Princess of Egypt Must Die
14
There was nothing in this very reassuring to a mother; but Mme.
Other People's Money
15
The plant itself is not a reassuring image: it's aging and corroding.
The new yorker
16
This is the second one in two years, which is not reassuring.
Pegasus
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Reassuring through the time
Reassuring across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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