comfort
//ˈkʌm.fət//
Forms
- Plural
- comforts
- present (v1)
- comfort
- past (v2)
- comforted
- past participle (v3)
- comforted
- present participle
- comforting
- 3rd person singular
- comforts
Definitions
1.Contentment, ease.
- Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
- How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!
2.A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
3.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.
4.Something that offers comfort.
1.To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
- Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
- Light, above all things, excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3106
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō.
It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.