comfort

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌm.fɚt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
  2. noun a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
  3. noun the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

comfortableness

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
condition
Narrower (hyponyms)
solace, coziness, convenience, relief
Opposite (antonyms)
discomfort

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