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Synonyms for comfort


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kuhm-fert
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm fərt

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Définition of comfort

Origin :
  • late 13c., conforten "to cheer up, console," from Old French conforter "to comfort, to solace; to help, strengthen," from Late Latin confortare "to strengthen much" (used in Vulgate), from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + fortis "strong" (see fort). Change of -n- to -m- began in English 14c. Related: Comforted; comforting.
  • noun good feeling; ease
  • noun aid, help
  • verb make to feel better
Example sentences :
  • God knows I ain't discountin' the comfort I've always took in him.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No doubt it was true, for she would have insisted on moderate cleanliness and comfort.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • You are welcome to all the comfort you can find in your present situation.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • However, there was one comfort—English tongues answered, if it was only with denials.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Everybody was drawn to her, yet not a soul took any comfort in her.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • You were once my comfort, Clarissa; you made all my hardships tolerable:—But now!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I should never have comfort but in his absence, or when I was quarreling with him.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • No one can find out her trouble and no one seems to be able to comfort her.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • In that moment he needed desperately something to which he could appeal for comfort.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • When I have time and am not too tired, I comfort myself with scribbling.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

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