Reassure definition

rēə-sho͝or
reassured reassures reassuring
See word origin
Frequency:
To restore confidence to.

I felt reassured that I was up to the job.

verb
8
6
To restore the confidence of.
verb
2
1
To assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise.
verb
1
1
To assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise.
verb
1
1
To restore the confidence of.
verb
1
1
Advertisement
Reassure is defined as to give someone confidence.

An example of reassure is to tell a child that the shot at the doctor's will be OK.

verb
0
0
verb
0
0
To assure again.

We reassured him that the project was on schedule.

verb
3
4
To reinsure.
verb
2
3
To assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise.
verb
2
3
Advertisement
To restore the confidence of.
verb
1
2
verb
0
1
verb
0
1
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
verb
0
1
verb
0
2
Advertisement

Origin of reassure

  • Old French rasseürer, from re- + asseürer; as if re- +"Ž assure.

    From Wiktionary

Reassure Sentence Examples

  • She leaned back on the couch instead, trying to reassure him with a weak smile.

  • Yet, no matter how many times she tried to reassure herself of that, she remained concerned.

  • The cunning look on Darkyn's face did nothing to reassure her.

  • At the sound of her despair, he wanted nothing more than to reassure her that she was everything he needed – everything he wanted – in the mate he planned to spend eternity with.

  • At least on this night I was just about able to strum the strings, I tried to reassure myself.

More sentences

Related articles

Words near reassure in the Dictionary