| NOUN | state | comfort, comfortableness | a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain |
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| feeling | comfort | a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | |
| act | comfort, consolation, solace | the act of consoling | |
| state | comfort, ease | a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable / comfortable state | |
| state | comfort | satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | |
| artifact | comfort, quilt, comforter, puff | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | |
| act | comfort | assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | |
| VERB | emotion | comfort, soothe, console, solace | give moral or emotional strength to |
| body | comfort, ease | lessen pain or discomfort |
| Sounds | kah'mfert | |
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| Rhymes | Albert ... yogurt: 70 rhymes with ert... | |
| Meaning | A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain. | |
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| Synonym | comfortableness | |
| Attributes | comfortable, comfy | Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief ('comfy' is informal) |
| uncomfortable | Providing or experiencing physical discomfort | |
| Narrower | convenience | The state of being suitable or opportune |
| coziness, cosiness, snugness | A state of warm snug comfort | |
| relief, ease | The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | |
| solace, solacement | comfort in disappointment or misery | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Opposite | discomfort, uncomfortableness | The state of being tense and feeling pain |
| Spanish | bienestar, confort | |
| Catalan | benestar, comfort, confort | |
| Verbs | comfort | lessen pain or discomfort |
| Meaning | A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment. | |
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| Narrower | consolation, solace, solacement | The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment |
| relief, alleviation, assuagement | The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | |
| Broader | pleasure, pleasance | A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience |
| Spanish | tranquilidad | |
| Catalan | tranquil·litat | |
| Meaning | The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. | |
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| Synonyms | consolation, solace | |
| Broader | relief, succor, succour, ministration | Assistance in time of difficulty |
| Spanish | consolación, consuelo, solaz | |
| Catalan | consolació, consol | |
| Verbs | comfort | give moral or emotional strength to |
| Meaning | A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable / comfortable state. | |
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| Example | "he had all the material comforts of this world" | |
| Synonym | ease | |
| Narrower | lap of luxury | In conditions of wealth and comfort |
| Broader | affluence, richness | abundant wealth |
| Spanish | bienestar, comodidad, holgura | |
| Catalan | benestar, comoditat, folgança | |
| Meaning | Satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing. | |
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| Broader | gratification, satisfaction | state of being gratified or satisfied |
| Meaning | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. | |
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| Synonyms | quilt, comforter, puff | |
| Narrower | eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt | A soft quilt usually filled with the down / down of the eider |
| patchwork, patchwork quilt | A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | |
| Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed |
| Spanish | colcha, edredón | |
| Catalan | edredó | |
| Verbs | comfort | lessen pain or discomfort |
| Meaning | Assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal. | |
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| Example | "it gave comfort to the enemy" | |
| Broader | aid, assist, assistance, help | The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose |
| Meaning | Give moral or emotional strength to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will comfort her | |
| Synonyms | soothe, console, solace | |
| Narrower | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| still, allay, relieve, ease | lessen the intensity of or calm | |
| Spanish | alentar, confortar, consolar, reconfortar, solazar | |
| Catalan | alenar, animar, confortar, consolar, solaçar | |
| Nouns | comfort | the act of consoling |
| comforter | commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | |
| comforter | a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | |
| Meaning | lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | ease | |
| Broader | relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage | Provide physical relief, as from pain |
| Spanish | aligerarse, aliviar, dar alivio, laxar, mitigar, reconfortar, relajarse | |
| Catalan | afluixar, alleugerir-se, laxar, mitigar, relaxar-se | |
| Nouns | comfort | a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain |
| comforter, comfort | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | |
| comforter | device used for an infant to suck or bite on | |
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