assuring
Making someone certain
Assuring is the act of giving someone confidence or certainty about something.
An assuring smile or assuring words help calm worry or doubt.
To be assuring is to offer reassurance: Her tone was calm and assuring.
The word carries a sense of comfort—something assuring makes you feel that things will be all right.
Total absence of doubt
- convictionFirmly held belief
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
self-reliance · courage · self-esteem · faith · trust · belief · optimism · determination
Restoring calm or confidence
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- calmingInducing a settled state
- consolingGiving solace to another
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
gentle · warm · caring · tender · sympathetic · compassionate · nurturing · empathetic
Showing signs of success
- pledgingMaking a solemn promise
- warrantingDeserving or requiring
- certifyingOfficially confirming as true
- confirmingEstablishing truth of something
vouching · attesting · validating · underwriting · securing · endorsing · affirming · verifying
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- convictionFirmly held belief
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
boldness · self-reliance · courage · self-esteem · faith · trust · belief · optimism · determination · resolve
reassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- calmingInducing a settled state
- consolingGiving solace to another
supportive · gentle · warm · caring · tender · sympathetic · compassionate · nurturing · empathetic · heartening
promising
Showing signs of success
- pledgingMaking a solemn promise
- warrantingDeserving or requiring
- certifyingOfficially confirming as true
confirming · vouching · attesting · validating · underwriting · securing · endorsing · affirming · verifying · authenticating
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
assuringalarming
Provoking fear or anxiety
worrying · distressing · unsettling · disturbing · frightening
assuringdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
disbelieving · doubting · contradicting · disputing · questioning
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