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Comfort   /kˈəmfərt/   Listen
Comfort

noun
1.
A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain.  Synonym: comfortableness.  "She longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"  Antonym: discomfort.
2.
A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment.
3.
The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction.  Synonyms: consolation, solace.
4.
A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state.  Synonym: ease.  "He had all the material comforts of this world"
5.
Satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing.  "A padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"
6.
Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.  Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt.
7.
Assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal.
verb
(past & past part. comforted; pres. part. comforting)
1.
Give moral or emotional strength to.  Synonyms: console, solace, soothe.
2.
Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate.  Synonym: ease.



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"Comfort" Quotes from Famous Books



... railroad is chiefly of value to the tourist, who can, by its means, visit with ease and comfort a land as strange in many ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 • Various
... fire was soon blazing in the stove and a sense of increasing comfort began to pervade the place. Eileen's eatables—meat pie and some baked fruits—were put into the oven to heat, while Jim and Phil changed ...
— The Spoilers of the Valley • Robert Watson
... for me on the hills. The Father has struck the last chord on the Harp of Life, and the music I shall hear hereafter will be only sorrow. O Mother Dana, who breathed up love through the dim earth to my heart, be with me where I am going. Soon shall I lie close to thee for comfort, where many a broken heart has lain and many a weeping head. [Music of harps and ...
— Imaginations and Reveries • (A.E.) George William Russell
... clogged amid the conditions of warfare, for the dust blows freely over the plains across which the troops have marched. For comfort in writing there is nothing like an indelible pencil, and paper whose surface is slightly rough. The quantity of ink carried among the stores of a modern army is negligible. And I believe it is a fact that in the whole of the equipment of the British ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 • Various
... quarrelsome. A people to like but not to trust. Exceedingly conservative and bound up in ancestral custom, not amenable to civilisation, all the teachings of years bestowed upon some of them having introduced no abstract ideas among the tribesmen, and changed no habit in practical matters affecting comfort, health, and mode of life. Irresponsibility is a characteristic, though instances of a keen sense of responsibility are not wanting. Several Andamanese can take charge of the steering of a large steam ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa


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