单词 | reassured |
释义 | reassured (once / 1278 pages) adj To be reassured is to be encouraged and cheered, especially after a period of uncertainty. When you're worried about the safety of a friend who's traveling, you'll be reassured to hear her voice on the telephone. You might be reassured to get a college acceptance letter after worrying that you won't get in anywhere, or feel reassured after visiting your grandmother that her new apartment is perfect for her, as sad as she was to move out of her old house. The adjective reassured dates from the 1500's, with its meaning "restore someone to confidence" coming from the prefix re, "back or again," and assure, from the Vulgar Latin assecurar, "to secure or to reassure." WORD FAMILYreassured: reassuredly+/assurance: assurances, self-assurance/assure: assurance, assured, assures, assuring, reassure/assured: assuredest, assuredly, assuredness, self-assured, unassured/assuring: assuringly/reassurance: reassurances/reassure: reassurance, reassured, reassures, reassuring/reassuring: reassuringly, unreassuring/unreassuring: unreassuringly USAGE EXAMPLESBut one expert says if the sector is achieve its potential, consumers need to be reassured that the risks do not outweigh the benefits. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) She is at turns exuberantly spiritual, tenderly reassured and anxiety-ridden. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) I became increasingly apprehensive but eventually, one organisation - Rusta - reassured me a bit. BBC(Dec 24, 2016) adj having confidence restored; freed from anxiety reassured by her praise he pressed on Syn confident having or marked by confidence or assurance |
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