comforted

English

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Adjective

comforted (comparative more comforted, superlative most comforted)

1. Having been soothed or comforted.
   • 2010, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Christianity and the Brain, page 93:

     I also felt very comforted knowing that you were consistently calling the hospital to check on me during my stay at the hospital.

   • 2017, Robert M Sapolsky, Behave:

     To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy.

   • 2021, H. G. Parry, A Radical Act of Free Magic:

     I'm afraid I can't be very comforted by the thought that people I love are in a better place.

Derived terms

• uncomforted

 

Verb

comforted

1. simple past and past participle of comfort