REASSURED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reassured mean? 

• REASSURED (adjective)
  The adjective REASSURED has 1 sense:

1. having confidence restored; freed from anxiety

  Familiarity information: REASSURED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASSURED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having confidence restored; freed from anxiety

Context example:

reassured by her praise he pressed on

Similar:

confident (having or marked by confidence or assurance)

 Context examples 

“It’s all right, it’s all right,” I reassured her, my arm passing instinctively and protectingly around her.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The silence of the deserted street reassured him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My generous friend reassured the suppliant, and on being informed of the name of her lover, instantly abandoned his pursuit.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But the mere fact that he was a man, however wild, had somewhat reassured me, and my fear of Silver began to revive in proportion.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then, reassured by the absolute stillness and by the growing light, I took my courage in both hands and stole back along the path which I had come.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Reassured, he whimpered softly; then he suppressed the whimper for fear that it might attract the attention of the lurking dangers.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But a friendly little yelp reassured him, and he went back to investigate.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He said that Mrs. Micawber had latterly had her doubts on this point, but that he had dispelled them, and reassured her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They reassured him countless times; but he could not believe them, and pried cunningly about the lazarette to see with his own eyes.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He reassured me by his manner as well as his words when he said:—Oh, my dear, if you only know how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)