comforted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of comfortednext
as in reassured

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comforted

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verb

past tense of comfort
as in assured
to ease the grief or distress of the first responders did their best to comfort the victims of the terrible tornado

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comforted
  1. assured
  2. unafraid
  3. soothed
  4. brave
  5. courageous
Verb
  • Rest assured, there are no golf courses, high rises or water parks in the future for Turtle Island.
    David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • That turnaround began when the Rams came back to defeat the Seattle Seahawks, 17-16, a victory that was not assured until the Seahawks missed a long field-goal attempt.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of assured
Adjective
  • But cash levels in mutual funds are at their lowest level on record, according to Bank of America, suggesting fund managers are unafraid of deploying cash into the markets.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The media often focuses on his bold personality, but there's another side of Donald Trump that Americans don't always see: a leader who listens, who cares deeply about the future of our country and her people, and who is unafraid to take on the hard fights.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of unafraid
Verb
  • Use it in the morning and night as the first step after cleansing for an extra dose of moisture that'll leave your skin looking and feeling soothed.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This formula has calendula, chamomile and other botanical ingredients that soothed our dry skin while leaving our hands smelling great.
    L.A. Hubilla, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of soothed
Adjective
  • Incredibly the only sitcom on this list, NBC’s Powerless was a brave, brief foray into what still is wildly uncharted territory in cape comic TV shows.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike the crime thriller elements that are just OK, there’s energy, urgency and a convincing naturalism when the focus is on Yan and Sister taking brave and sometimes dangerous steps to reclaim their right to self-determination.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of brave
Adjective
  • These were just those courageous enough to answer truthfully.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Erika Sanders of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council hopes the center will force stakeholders and policymakers to ask tough questions that may be uncomfortable but courageous.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of courageous
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comforted

comforter

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