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Definition: Comforting |
ComfortingAdjective1. Providing freedom from worry. 2. Affording comfort or solace. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "comforting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: ComfortingSynonyms: cheering (adj), consolatory (adj), consoling (adj), satisfying (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repose | Phr."the best of men have ever loved repose"; "to repair our nature with comforting repose". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Comforting |
| English words defined with "comforting": comfortingly, consolingly, cosy, cozy ♦ desolately, disconsolate, disconsolately ♦ inconsolable ♦ Nepenthe ♦ snug ♦ unconsolable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "comforting": GHOUL ♦ Witness of the Spirit ♦ Yearn. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, it's comforting to know that you'll be going straight to hell at no more than three miles per hour. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Yes, but very comforting when worn next to the skin. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) You wrote something that's very comforting (A Ring of Endless Light; writing credit: Madeleine L'Engle; Marita Giovanni) Those are never comforting words coming from you. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) Oh, well that's comforting! (The Mummy; writing credit: Stephen Sommers; Lloyd Fonvielle) | |
Lyrics | What a comforting fact that is to know. (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA. : Nurse and sailor comforting child. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gentle heat applied over the inflamed area is comforting. (references) | |
Business | However, a comforting fact is that the proportion of the gray market in the total installed base has reduced. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GHOUL, n. A demon addicted to the reprehensible habit of devouring the dead. The existence of ghouls has been disputed by that class of controversialists who are more concerned to deprive the world of comforting beliefs than to give it anything good in their place. In 1640 Father Secchi saw one in a cemetery near Florence and frightened it away with the sign of the cross. He describes it as gifted with many heads an an uncommon allowance of limbs, and he saw it in more than one place at a time. The good man was coming away from dinner at the time and explains that if he had not been "heavy with eating" he would have seized the demon at all hazards. Atholston relates that a ghoul was caught by some sturdy peasants in a churchyard at Sudbury and ducked in a horsepond. (He appears to think that so distinguished a criminal should have been ducked in a tank of rosewater.) The water turned at once to blood "and so contynues unto ys daye." The pond has since been bled with a ditch. As late as the beginning of the fourteenth century a ghoul was cornered in the crypt of the cathedral at Amiens and the whole population surrounded the place. Twenty armed men with a priest at their head, bearing a crucifix, entered and captured the ghoul, which, thinking to escape by the stratagem, had transformed itself to the semblance of a well known citizen, but was nevertheless hanged, drawn and quartered in the midst of hideous popular orgies. The citizen whose shape the demon had assumed was so affected by the sinister occurrence that he never again showed himself in Amiens and his fate remains a mystery. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Comforting" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.68% of the time. "Comforting" is used about 366 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 75.68% | 277 | 17,585 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 24.04% | 88 | 35,154 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 366 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "comforting": ever-comforting, self-comforting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
comforting poem | 14 |
comforting words | 12 |
comforting quote | 6 |
comforting scripture | 6 |
bible comforting verse | 5 |
comforting sound | 4 |
comforting mew sound | 4 |
comforting thought | 3 |
comforting poetry | 3 |
comforting tea | 3 |
comforting | 2 |
comforting man | 2 |
comforting death words | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "comforting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësues (anodyne, assuagement, balmy, bland, calming, demulcent, depressant, drug, easeful, lenitive, pacificatory, painkiller, palliative, paregoric, reposeful, restful, sedative, soother, soothing, tranquilizer), ngushëllues (comforter, consolatory, consoling, refuge, sympathizer), inkurajues (encouraging, fomenter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسل (amusing, consolatory, entertaining, funny, sportive), معز (consolatory), تعزية (comfort, condolence, consolation, grieve), تشجيع (countenance, encouragement, inducement, pep talk, reassurance, spur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | успокоителен (calmative, comfortable, composing, emollient, grateful, lenitive, palliative, placatory, reposeful, restful, sedative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | povzbudivý (cheerful, encouraging, heartening, refreshing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rauhoittava (reassuring, sedative, soothing), lohdullinen (consoling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | consolation (comfort, consolation), réconfortant, encouragement (countenance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tröstlich (cheering, comfortable, consolatory, consoling), trostreich. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megnyugtató (calming, composing, reassuring, restful, soothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kemanjaan (comforting familiarity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confortevole (comfortable, cosiest, cosy, cozy), confortante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 労 (labor, pain, puttingto work, striving, thanking, toil, trouble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ろう (age, belvedere, bend over, labor, lookout, old age, old people, puttingto work, striving, thanking, the aged, the old, toil, tower, trouble, turret, wax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 위로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gerjee (consolatory, consoling), gerjagh (comfort, consolation, solace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omfortingcay reconfortante. (various references) consolator (comforter, consolatory, consoling), mângâietor (comfortable, comforter, smooth, softening). (various references) утешительный (consolation, consolatory). (various references) sòlasach (consoling, content, pleasant). (various references) utešan (consolatory, consoling). (various references) consolador (comforter, consolatory, dildo, soothing), confortante (fortifier, tonic, tonics), aliviador (alleviative). (various references) tröstande (consolatory). (various references) teselli edici (consolatory), rahatlatma (facilitation, relaxing, relief, relieving), rahatlatıcı (anodyne, comfortable, composing, relaxing, solvent, soothing), avutucu (consolatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kaqaper oidate wV ena ekaston umwn wV pathr tekna eautou parakalounteV umaV kai paramuqoumenoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sicut scitis qualiter unumquemque vestrum tamquam pater filios suos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forðy ge cnawað þæt we heoldon mid eowra gehwæm swa fæder healdeð mid his agenum cildum, |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | As ye witen, hou we preyeden you, and coumfortiden ech of you, as the fadir hise sones, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | As ye knowe how that we exhorted and comforted and besought every one of you as a father his childre |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness, |
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| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | kay kamo sayud giunsa namo, ingon sa amahan ngadto sa iyang mga anak, ang pagmaymay sa matag-usa kaninyo ug pagdasig kaninyo ug pagpahimangno kaninyo |
| Croatian | Kao što znate, svakoga smo od vas kao otac svoju djecu, |
| Danish | ligesom I vide, hvorledes vi formanede og opmuntrede hver enkelt af eder som en Fader sine Børn |
| Dutch | Gelijk gij weet, hoe wij een iegelijk van u, als een vader zijn kinderen, vermaanden en vertroostten, |
| Finnish | samoinkuin te tiedätte, kuinka me, niinkuin isä lapsiansa, kehoitimme itsekutakin teistä ja rohkaisimme teitä, |
| French | Vous savez aussi que nous avons été pour chacun de vous ce qu`un père est pour ses enfants, |
| German | wie ihr denn wisset, daß wir, wie ein Vater seine Kinder, einen jeglichen unter euch ermahnt und getröstet |
| Haitian Creole | Nou konnen ki jan mwen te aji ak nou chak, tankou yon papa ak pitit li yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalian tahu bahwa kami memperlakukan kalian masing-masing seperti seorang bapak memperlakukan anak-anaknya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seperti yang kamu ketahui bagaimana kami menasehatkan kamu masing-masing, seperti seorang bapa akan anak-anaknya sendiri, |
| Italian | e sapete anche che, come fa un padre verso i propri figli, abbiamo esortato ciascuno di voi, |
| Maori | A e matau ana ano koutou ki ta matou mahi ki tetahi, ki tetahi o koutou, pera i ta te matua ki ana tamariki ake, te whakahauhau, te whakahihiri i a koutou, te tohutohu, |
| Norwegian | likesom I vet hvorledes vi formante hver og en av eder, som en far sine barn, og la eder på hjerte |
| Rumanian | Wtiyi iarqw cq am fost pentru fiecare din voi, ca un tatq cu copiii lui: vq sfqtuiam, vq mkngkiam wi vq adeveream, |
| Russian | ПФПНХ ЮФП ЧЩ ЪОБЕФЕ, ЛБЛ ЛБЦ"ПЗП ЙЪ ЧБУ, ЛБЛ ПФЕ" "ЕФЕК УЧПЙИ, |
| Shuar | Tura atumniasha ankant ankant Yúsnum Ikiakármajrumna nu nékarme. Tura uchin ni apari átsankeana Nútiksarik shiir Enentáimtikramajrumna nusha nékarme. |
| Spanish | En esto, sabéis que fuimos para cada uno de vosotros como el padre para sus propios hijos: Os exhortábamos, os animábamos |
| Swahili | Mnajua kwamba sisi tulimtendea kila mmoja wenu kama vile baba anavyowatendea watoto wake mwenyewe. |
| Swedish | Likaledes veten I huru vi förmanade och uppmuntrade var och en av eder, såsom en fader sina barn, |
| Uma | Ni'inca moto pepewili' -kai hi koi' butu dua-ni, hewa hadua tuama mpewili' ana' -ana' -na. Kirohoi pai' ki'apui nono-ni, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "comforting": comfortingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "comforting": discomforting. (additional references) | |
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"Comforting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Comorin, confortans, conforting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comforting" (pronounced ku"mferting) |
| 4 | -er t i ng | deserting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: motoring. | |
-3 letters: comfort, confirm, conform, footing, forcing, forming, monitor, mooring, mooting, moronic, motoric, omicron, roofing, rooming, rooting. | |
-4 letters: citron, cogito, comfit, coming, confit, cooing, coring, cortin, coting, croton, forgot, forint, formic, gnomic, inform, micron, mooing, morion, motion, octroi, trigon, trogon. | |
-5 letters: cogon, coign, congo, conto, corgi, croft, croon, forgo, front, giron, gonif, gonof, grift. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: forthcoming. | |
+2 letters: comfortingly. | |
+3 letters: discomforting, unforthcoming. | |
+4 letters: electroforming. | |
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