comforting

Definitions

Serving to alleviate grief, distress, or physical pain.

Providing a sense of physical ease or psychological security.

Examples

The sound of rain against the window was incredibly comforting after a long, stressful day.

She found it comforting to talk to her grandmother whenever she felt overwhelmed by her studies.

Synonyms

soothing consoling reassuring calming heartening solacing balmy

Antonyms

distressing upsetting troubling disquieting unsettling painful harsh