comfort
See also: Comfort
English
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English conforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
The noun is from Middle English confort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
comfort (countable and uncountable, plural comforts)
- Contentment, ease.
- Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- Something that offers comfort.
- the comforts of home
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
- The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (contentment, ease): austerity
Translations
contentment, ease
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consolation
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cause of relief or satisfaction
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Verb
comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)
- (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
- Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- (transitive) To make comfortable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
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- God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
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- I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!
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Synonyms
Translations
to provide comfort
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to make comfortable
console — see console
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb "comfort"
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n)
- Physical comfort, ease
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