What part of speech is comforting?

Comforting can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. comforting is a verb, gerund of comfort (infinitive).
  • 2. comforting is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more comforting
    most comforting
  • Positive: comforting 
  • Comparative: more comforting
  • Superlative: most comforting

Adjective to adverb

What does comforting mean?

Definitions

Adjective

comforting - affording comfort or solace
comforting - providing freedom from worry

Verb

comfort - give moral or emotional strength to
comfort - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

Examples of comforting

#   Sentence  
1. adj. I was very pleased to find my accommodations and the hotel staff to be a very calming and comforting part of my trip.
2. adj. Even my PA i went to the other day said "it must by comforting to have gone to a heart surgeon like him who will do nothing for you".
3. adj. The fire burned brightly, giving forth a comforting warmth.
4. adj. Nothing is more comforting than kindness offered to us while traveling.
5. adj. There is nothing more comforting than to be given a little kindness while travelling.
6. adj. You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!
7. adj. "How is the young lady?" "She is greatly distressed; but her father is comforting her."
8. adj. That's very comforting.
9. adj. I don't find that comforting.
10. adj. Tom and Mary are comforting John.
11. adj. Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought — particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
12. adj. I always find myself comforting people with the words I want to hear.
13. adj. Some people find self-harm comforting.
14. adj. It's kind of comforting.
15. adj. That's a comforting thought.
16. noun He is a man who enjoys his comfort.
17. noun It gave comfort to the enemy.
18. noun His friendship was a comfort.
19. verb Bill just wanted to comfort Monica, but she interpreted it as romantic interest.
20. verb I can comfort her.
21. verb He tried to comfort her, but she kept crying.
22. verb She cried and cried, but no one came to comfort her.
23. verb Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
24. verb Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
25. verb She tried to comfort him, but he kept crying.
26. verb When a woman's angry, four little kisses are all you need to comfort her.
27. verb Mary tried to comfort Tom.
28. verb She cried and cried, but nobody came to comfort her.
29. verb They can't comfort each other.
30. verb How could I comfort you?
31. verb He tried to comfort her.
32. verb I'm only trying to comfort you.
33. verb As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.
Sentence  
adj.
I was very pleased to find my accommodations and the hotel staff to be a very calming and comforting part of my trip.
Even my PA i went to the other day said "it must by comforting to have gone to a heart surgeon like him who will do nothing for you".
The fire burned brightly, giving forth a comforting warmth.
Nothing is more comforting than kindness offered to us while traveling.
There is nothing more comforting than to be given a little kindness while travelling.
You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!
"How is the young lady?" "She is greatly distressed; but her father is comforting her."
That's very comforting.
I don't find that comforting.
Tom and Mary are comforting John.
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought — particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
I always find myself comforting people with the words I want to hear.
Some people find self-harm comforting.
It's kind of comforting.
That's a comforting thought.
noun
He is a man who enjoys his comfort.
It gave comfort to the enemy.
His friendship was a comfort.
verb
Bill just wanted to comfort Monica, but she interpreted it as romantic interest.
I can comfort her.
He tried to comfort her, but she kept crying.
She cried and cried, but no one came to comfort her.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
She tried to comfort him, but he kept crying.
When a woman's angry, four little kisses are all you need to comfort her.
Mary tried to comfort Tom.
She cried and cried, but nobody came to comfort her.
They can't comfort each other.
How could I comfort you?
He tried to comfort her.
I'm only trying to comfort you.
As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.

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