comfort
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to: They tried to comfort her after her loss.
to make physically comfortable.
Obsolete. to aid; support or encourage.
relief in affliction; consolation; solace: Her presence was a comfort to him.
a feeling of relief or consolation: Her forgiveness afforded him great comfort.
a person or thing that gives consolation: She was a great comfort to him.
a cause or matter of relief or satisfaction: The patient's recovery was a comfort to the doctor.
a state of ease and satisfaction of bodily wants, with freedom from pain and anxiety: He is a man who enjoys his comfort.
something that promotes such a state: His wealth allows him to enjoy a high degree of comfort.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a comforter or quilt.
Obsolete. strengthening aid; assistance.
Origin of comfort
1synonym study For comfort
Other words for comfort
Other words from comfort
- com·fort·less, adjective
- un·com·fort·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with comfort
- comfit, comfort
Words Nearby comfort
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How to use comfort in a sentence
Instead, he asked meaningful questions that brought me comfort.
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The comfort and flexibility of learning online have always been of attraction to long-life learners.
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Talking about death is never easy, but with food, comfort, and familiarity, a new kind of dinner party is making it easier.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone | Samantha Levine | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe uses some combination of the words comfort or discomfort in regards to how he feels about situations over 30 times.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player | William O’Connor | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe doctor tells me I can walk on it right away, “as comfort allows.”
Liberals either boast or comfort themselves that their own beliefs push humanity forward.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt simultaneously reveals the absurdity of dictatorship and gives comfort to those languishing under an impossible reality.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror | David Keyes | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various“I hope he will grow up to be a true comfort to you, M. Pujol,” said Miss Janet.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHowever, I have felt some comfort in knowing that it is not Liszt's genius alone that makes him such a player.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThen I hesitated no longer, but turned away and left her alone with her grief; it was not for me to comfort her.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairFor his mind flung itself with violence upon two sentences: he was 'beautiful and precious'; she longed for him to 'comfort' her.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for comfort
/ (ˈkʌmfət) /
a state of ease or well-being
relief from affliction, grief, etc
a person, thing, or event that brings solace or ease
obsolete support
(usually plural) something that affords physical ease and relaxation
to ease the pain of; soothe; cheer
to bring physical ease to
Origin of comfort
1Derived forms of comfort
- comforting, adjective
- comfortingly, adverb
- comfortless, adjective
- comfortlessly, adverb
- comfortlessness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with comfort
see cold comfort; creature comforts; too close for comfort.
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