Synonyms for Comforting:

• adj.

  •condolatory (adjective)
  • most sympathizing,
  • more sympathizing,
  • under-standing,
  • under standing.
  •condoling (adjective)
  • Commiserating,
  • Condoling.
  •grateful (adjective)
  • pleasureful.
  •motherly (adjective)
  • more protecting,
  • more nurturing,
  • most nurturing,
  • most caretaking,
  • most protecting,
  • more caretaking,
  • motherly.
  •parental (adjective)
  • matriarchal,
  • patriarchal,
  • maternal.
  •pitying (adjective)
  • Condolatory.
  •relieving (adjective)
  • easing,
  • lulling,
  • helping,
  • Aiding,
  • appeasing.
  •soothing (adjective)
  • pacifying,
  • Mollifying,
  • Subduing,
  • Quieting,
  • placating,
  • restful,
  • calming.
  •tranquil (adjective)
  • more unexcitable,
  • even tempered,
  • un-excitable,
  • un excited,
  • most unexcited,
  • more poised,
  • most unexcitable,
  • un perturbed,
  • un-excited,
  • un troubled,
  • most poised,
  • un excitable,
  • eventempered,
  • more murmuring,
  • more unexcited,
  • most murmuring,
  • un-perturbed,
  • un disturbed,
  • un ruffled,
  • un-ruffled,
  • un-troubled.

• n.

  •
  • good,
  • heartwarming,
  • joyful,
  • life-affirming,
  • joyous,
  • uplifting,
  • exhilarating,
  • cheerful,
  • pleasing.
  •comforting (noun)
  • consoling,
  • consolatory,
  • heart-warming,
  • helpful.
  •relief (noun)
  • palliation,
  • lightenings,
  • mollification,
  • restfulness,
  • load off one's mind,
  • extrications,
  • palliatives,
  • extrication,
  • Allayment,
  • palliative.
  •satisfying (noun)
  • satisfying.

• v.

  •cheering (verb)
  • reassuring,
  • refreshing,
  • Allaying,
  • therapeutic,
  • Solacing,
  • tranquilizing,
  • softening,
  • warming,
  • Assuaging,
  • Restoring,
  • Alleviating,
  • lightening,
  • revitalizing,
  • analeptic,
  • upholding,
  • Sustaining,
  • Remedying,
  • soothing,
  • Mitigating,
  • abating,
  • Relieving,
  • releasing,
  • Succoring,
  • sympathetic,
  • inspiriting,
  • curing,
  • supportive,
  • encouraging,
  • revivifying,
  • heartening.
  •consoling (verb)
  • Sympathizing.
  •soothing (verb)
  • Hushing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pleasant.
  •encouraging
  • hopeful.

Paraphrases for Comforting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    reassuring, soothing.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    encouraging, calming, rewarding, delightful, Nurturing, nice, pleasant, enjoyable, convenient, agreeable, sweet, congenial, cozy.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reassuring, heartening, gratifying, giving, encouraging.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    refreshing, heartening, gratifying, pleasing, comfortable.

Antonyms for Comforting:

• adj.

  • cheering
    depressing, worrying, upsetting, irritating, dispiriting, aggravating, disturbing, distressing.
  • Other antonyms:
    disheartening, unloving, disconcerting, unsatisfactory, demoralizing, vexatious, unkind, invigorating, saddening, stimulant, galling, heartbreaking, unfeeling, disappointing, cheerless, unsettling, maddening, bothersome, energizing, troublesome, frustrating, unfriendly, dismaying, trying, unpleasant, unreassuring, discouraging, displeasing, worrisome, nettlesome, stimulating, tiresome, Dissatisfying, annoying, grating, troubling, heartrending, cold, painful, vexing, exasperating, stressful.

Comforting Sentence Examples:

• It was the old friendly anger, just as if she were not dead; and he found it curiously comforting.

• " There, there," I said, comforting her as best I could.