English Explanatory Dictionary

comfort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Contentment, ease.
Something that offers comfort.
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
A cause of relief or satisfaction.

verb

To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
To assist or help; to aid.

name

A surname.
A female given name.
A place in the United States:
A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Jones County, North Carolina.
A census-designated place in Kendall County, Texas.
A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
An unincorporated community in the town of Weston, Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌm.fət/ /ˈkʊm.fət/ kŭm'fərt /ˈkʌm.fɚt/ [ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt] /ˈkʌm.fɔɹt/ kŭmfôrt' /kʌmˈfɔɹt/ en-us-comfort.ogg

Word forms

comfort comforts comforting comforted

Etymology

From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.

Synonyms

liss solace alleviation comfort consolation ease release relief respite besoothe cheer console soothe

Antonyms

austerity hurt vex

Related words

pity consolation

Derived words

cold comfort comfortability comfortable comfortative comfort break comfort-eat comfort eating comfortfic comfort fic comfort food comfortful comfort girl comfortize comfortless comfort letter comfortment comfort noise comfort room comfortsome comfort station comfort stone comfort stop comfort tone comfortwear comfort woman comfort zone creature comfort discomfort Dutch comfort Job's comfort Lawson comfort criterion letter of comfort lip comfort miscomfort thermal comfort too close for comfort uncomfort comforter comforting

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