comfort /kumˈfərt or (Spenser) kom-fortˈ/

1. To relieve from pain or distress
2. To soothe, cheer, console
3. To support or encourage

1. Relief
2. Something that gives ease, consolation, enjoyment, etc
3. Freedom from annoyance
4. Quiet enjoyment
5. Ease, a degree of luxury
6. Encouragement, support
7. A bed quilt (US informal)

comˈfortable adjective

1. Imparting or enjoying comfort
2. Easy (figurative)
3. Confident in the (esp moral) correctness of a choice or decision
4. Having enough money to live well

comˈfortableness noun

comˈfortably adverb

comˈforter noun

1. A person who gives comfort
2. (with cap; with the) the Holy Ghost (Bible)
3. A long narrow woollen scarf
4. A dummy teat
5. A bed quilt (N American)

comˈforting adjective

comˈfortingly adverb

comˈfortless adjective

comˈfortlessness noun

comˈfy adjective (informal)

Comfortable

comfort food noun

Mood-enhancing food that meets the approval of one's taste buds but not of one's doctor

comfort station noun (N American)

A (public) lavatory

comfort woman noun (historical)

A woman or girl forced into prostitution by Japanese armed forces in World War II

comfort zone noun (informal)

A place, either physical or psychological, where one feels at ease

cold comfort

Little, if any, comfort

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