comforting

[ kuhm-fer-ting ]
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adjective
  1. affording comfort or solace.

Origin of comforting

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; comfort + -ing2

Other words from comforting

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

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