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UK
/kˈʌmfət/
]
[ US /ˈkəmfɝt/ ]
[ US /ˈkəmfɝt/ ]
NOUN
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a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
he is a man who enjoys his comfort
she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair -
the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
his presence was a consolation to her -
satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing
his friendship was a comfort
a padded chair was one of the room's few comforts - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
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assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal
it gave comfort to the enemy -
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
he had all the material comforts of this world
a life of luxury and ease - a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
VERB
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lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
ease the pain in your legs - give moral or emotional strength to
How To Use comfort In A Sentence
- Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
- The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
- The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
- an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
- Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
- There are even a couple of creamy comforting Iberian desserts for afters.
- And Johnson has some advice for people aspiring to a comfortable living playing music: ‘I've set it in my mind that I will not jive anybody, and not be jived by anybody.’
- They spent their honeymoon adventurously cruising on a motorcycle, Nona riding comfortably in the side-car. Archive 2009-01-01
- This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
- These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.