comforting

[ kuhm-fer-ting ]
/ ˈkʌm fər tɪŋ /

adjective

affording comfort or solace.

Origin of comforting

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at comfort, -ing2

OTHER WORDS FROM comforting

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

Example sentences from the Web for uncomforting

  • Except that your words are most uncertain and uncomforting, John.

    The Measure of a Man |Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Percy sat through the long and tedious sermon, and listened with impatience to the dreary, uncomforting discourse.

    Mal Moule |Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Vernon understood, presently, that not even that evening at Thirion's could give the key to this uncomforting change.

  • I racked my brains for something to say, but everything that occurred to me seemed the flattest of uncomforting commonplaces.

    The Mountebank |William J. Locke