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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
comfort/ˈkʌmfət/
▶noun
- 1 a state of ease and freedom from pain or constraint.
■ (comforts) things that contribute to comfort.
■ prosperity and a pleasant lifestyle.
- 2 consolation for grief or anxiety.
■ a person or thing that gives such consolation.
– derivatives
comforting adjective,
comfortingly adverb,
comfortless adjective.
comforting adjective,
comfortingly adverb,
comfortless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. confort (n.), conforter (v.), from late L. confortare ‘strengthen’.
'comfort' also found in these Oxford entries:
attentive
- cheer
- cold
- comfort station
- consolation
- crumb
- discomfort
- easement
- easy street
- gracious
- inattentive
- Job's comforter
- lap
- letter of comfort
- luxury
- materialism
- pamper
- primitive
- Pullman
- security blanket
- snug
- solace
- spartan
- standard of living
- strength
- there
- visit
- well
- woodshed
Forum discussions with the word(s) "comfort" in the title:
a comfort or of comfort
access the library from the comfort of their homes.
Cold comfort
cold comfort
comfort
Comfort
comfort
comfort me?
comfort or what?
comfort/soothe frightened child
Comment /Comfort (Noun/Verb).
console/comfort
crumbs of comfort
guarding me enough comfort
hides roguery under the registered comfort of a priest's connivance
if it's any comfort
in comfort
It's absurd/an absurdity BUT It's comfortable, NOT It's a comfort
joy and comfort
One for comfort, and another for the boss
Pour comfort
speak comfort
the comforts of home or the comfort of home
The meaning of "comfort us in a place"
the obsession of making her house emanating comfort spreads further
this is that comfort(s?)
to/in the path of ease and comfort
too close for comfort
access the library from the comfort of their homes.
Cold comfort
cold comfort
comfort
Comfort
comfort
comfort me?
comfort or what?
comfort/soothe frightened child
Comment /Comfort (Noun/Verb).
console/comfort
crumbs of comfort
guarding me enough comfort
hides roguery under the registered comfort of a priest's connivance
if it's any comfort
in comfort
It's absurd/an absurdity BUT It's comfortable, NOT It's a comfort
joy and comfort
One for comfort, and another for the boss
Pour comfort
speak comfort
the comforts of home or the comfort of home
The meaning of "comfort us in a place"
the obsession of making her house emanating comfort spreads further
this is that comfort(s?)
to/in the path of ease and comfort
too close for comfort
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