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Definition of Comfort
1. Verb. Give moral or emotional strength to. "The performance is likely to comfort Sue"
Specialized synonyms: Calm, Calm Down, Lull, Quiet, Quieten, Still, Tranquilize, Tranquillise, Tranquillize, Allay, Ease, Relieve, Still
Derivative terms: Comforter, Comforter, Consolable, Consolation, Consolation, Consolatory, Solace, Solace, Solace, Solacement, Solacement
2. Noun. A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain. ; "She longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Ease, Relief, Solace, Solacement, Cosiness, Coziness, Snugness, Convenience
Attributes: Comfortable, Comfy, Uncomfortable
Antonyms: Discomfort
Derivative terms: Comfortable
3. Verb. Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate. "Ease the pain in your legs"
Generic synonyms: Alleviate, Assuage, Palliate, Relieve
Derivative terms: Comforter, Comforter, Easement, Easing
4. Noun. A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment.
Specialized synonyms: Consolation, Solace, Solacement, Alleviation, Assuagement, Relief
5. Noun. The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. "His presence was a consolation to her"
Generic synonyms: Ministration, Relief, Succor, Succour
Derivative terms: Console, Solace
6. Noun. A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. "He had all the material comforts of this world"
7. Noun. Satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing. "A padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"
8. Noun. Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.
Generic synonyms: Bed Clothing, Bedclothes, Bedding
Specialized synonyms: Continental Quilt, Duvet, Eiderdown, Patchwork, Patchwork Quilt
Derivative terms: Quilt, Quilt
9. Noun. Assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal. "It gave comfort to the enemy"
Definition of Comfort
1. v. t. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
2. n. Assistance; relief; support.
Definition of Comfort
1. Noun. Contentment, ease. ¹
2. Noun. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. ¹
3. Noun. A cause of relief or satisfaction. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) : To provide '''comfort''' to or relieve suffering. ¹
5. Verb. To make the physical circumstances comfortable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comfort
1. to soothe in time of grief [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comfort
Literary usage of Comfort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War with Devils: Ministration Of, and Communion with Angels by Isaac Ambrose (1769)
"Here is a foul (if imy) that is ripe for comfort; but till a man come to this frame,
... will nothing ferve but comfort ? Is this thy voice, Some crumbs of ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"CHAPTER I. ONE of the first things which comfort remembered being told was that
she had been named for her Aunt comfort, who had given her a gold ring and a ..."
3. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"He relates the tears of his mother, and a dream she had of heavenly comfort
concerning her son. AND Thou "sentest Thine, hand from above" (Ps. cxliv. ..."
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