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reassured

reassured

23 3.3
You feel less worried because someone or something calms you
  • adjective
  • /ˌriːəˈʃʊrd/
: tranquilizado
  • After a long discussion, she felt reassured that her team would meet the deadline.

Then only are they fully satisfied and reassured, he says.

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Examples

  • But I think the media and the American public just want to be reassured that former President Trump is being protected the way he needs to be protected.

  • So when I think about what is to come, I am reassured by one concrete fact.

  • So I think people can be reassured their data is safe for this.

  • And I think I was, I was both reassured and surprised.

  • So that was obviously the main purpose of the scan was just to check those things, but very reassured by that.

  • But sometimes he doesn't understand fully what you're looking for, to feel reassured about his seriousness and his love.

  • The doctor reassured him by explaining that the procedure was safe and common.

  • Hearing her friend's encouraging words made her feel reassured about her decision.

Synonyms

relieved
vsreassured
223 1.0

Feeling happy and relaxed because something bad did not happen

focuses on restored confidence after doubts were removed
comforted
vsreassured
16 2.1

Feeling less upset because someone is kind to you

is confident again because doubts or fears were removed

Antonyms

151 3.4

To want something to happen very much and feel impatient

14 3.0

Not sure about something and not ready to believe it

How Reassured

certain
286 1.0
secure
154 3.6
confident
759 2.5
reassured
23 3.3
calm
680 1.0
uneasy
92 3.2

Surface Forms

reassured positive

Morphology

reassured = reassure (semi-transparent) = re + assure + ed

The adjective meaning is directly derived from the verb 'reassure' through regular past-participle formation.

Etymology

Reassured comes from re- meaning 'again' and assure meaning 'make sure' or 'make safe', and it is related to the simple word sure. So to be reassured is to have your doubts removed and to feel 'sure' or safe again.