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Noun comfort has 4 senses
- comfort, comfortableness - a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
--1 is a kind of support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance; condition, status; support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance; condition, status
Antonyms: discomfort, uncomfortableness
--1 has particulars:
- comfort - a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
--2 is a kind of pleasure, pleasance; pleasure, pleasance
--2 has particulars:
- consolation, comfort, solace - the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"
--3 is a kind of relief, succor, succour, ministration; relief, succor, succour, ministration
- ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
--4 is a kind of affluence, richness; affluence, richness
--4 has particulars: lap of luxury
Verb comfort has 2 senses
- comfort, soothe, console, solace - give moral or emotional strength to
Sample sentence:
The good news will comfort her
- comfort, ease - lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
--2 is one way to relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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