reassured


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re·as·sure

 (rē′ə-sho͝or′)
tr.v. re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing, re·as·sures
1. To restore confidence to: I felt reassured that I was up to the job.
2. To assure again: We reassured him that the project was on schedule.
3. To reinsure.

re′as·sur′ance n.
re′as·sur′ing·ly adv.
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reassured

(ˌriːəˈʃʊəd)
adj
(of a person) feeling less worried about something, usually after receiving help or advice
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.reassured - having confidence restored; freed from anxiety; "reassured by her praise he pressed on"
confident - having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
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reassured

adjective encouraged, confident, comforted, relieved, bolstered, heartened, cheered up, buoyed up, inspirited I feel much more reassured when I've been for a health check.
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Translations

reassured

[ˌriːəˈʃʊərd] adj [person] → rassuré(e)
to feel reassured → se sentir rassuré(e)
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References in classic literature ?
Prince Andrew could not have explained how or why it was, but after that interview with Kutuzov he went back to his regiment reassured as to the general course of affairs and as to the man to whom it had been entrusted.
Sir Francis, who was familiar with the effects of the intoxication produced by the fumes of hemp, reassured his companions on her account.
He tried to convince himself that Tarzan was mistaken, and when he conjured upon the screen of recollection the face of the girl behind him, he was doubly reassured that those lines of sweet femininity and character, those clear and honest eyes, could not belong to one of the hated alien race.
This soon reassured the Prince, and encouraged him to play his part well, and he began to say a thousand agreeable things which charmed the Princess.
I remember creeping noiselessly into the great hall where the little people were sleeping in the moonlight--that night Weena was among them--and feeling reassured by their presence.
Madame de Villefort, however, reassured by the silence, which was alone disturbed by the regular breathing of Valentine, again extended her hand, and half hidden by the curtains succeeded in emptying the contents of the phial into the glass.
Beaufort, after all, had not managed to "tide over"; but by setting afloat the rumour that he had done so he had reassured his depositors, and heavy payments had poured into the bank till the previous evening, when disturbing reports again began to predominate.
Even now I have doubts as to whether I have altogether reassured him.
`It will be summer a long while yet,' I reassured her.
Apparently reassured by the act, he walked confidently toward the road.
Maston had been all along in a state of much anxiety; but they were promptly reassured on hearing a jolly voice shouting a boisterous hurrah.
And Conseil, reassured, returned to the study of the bank, which the Nautilus was skirting at a moderate speed.