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comforter Definition

com·forter (kumfər tər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that comforts
  2. ☆ a quilted bed covering
  3. a long woolen scarf

Etymology: ME comfortour < OFr conforteor

comforter Idioms

the Comforter

Bible the Holy Spirit: John 14:26
comforter Synonyms

comforter

n.

  1. A person or thing that comforts

    consoler, pacifier, sympathizer; see friend 1.

  2. A quilted bed covering

    quilt, duvet, coverlet; see bedding, bedspread, quilt.

comforter Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • other: He allows our suffering to make us into comforters of others often tailor-made comforters.

Converse of object

  • send: Jesus promised his disciples that God would send the Comforter to them.
  • have: See how he feels for misery, He feels for the tears of the distressed who have no comforter.
  • receive: If you order you will receive a pink comforter.
  • become: He first dwells in the heart as the Spirit of truth, and thus He becomes the Comforter.
  • call: He wasn't called the Comforter for nothing you know!
  • concern: Below are the New Testament texts concerning the Comforter.

Adjective modifier

  • soft: This soft natural lambskin comforter can be useful on the move as young travelers will feel secure in unfamiliar places.
  • great: The Holy Spirit, the great comforter, apply these truths to the hearts of the afflicted.
  • miserable: Job 16 1. Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [ are ] ye all.
  • other: Reassuringly safe Cuski is calming, safe and a healthy alternative to other infant comforters.
  • wonderful: I'm a wonderful comforter to babies & young children and I'm super soft.
  • promised: The presence of the Spirit of God, the promised Comforter, had then become a deep conviction of my soul from scripture.

Modifies a noun

  • sheet: Is a no-fault premium florida car insurance quote costs a major expansion domain comforters sheets.

Noun used with modifier

  • baby: Don't lose the blanky Comfort Blankets has revamped what must be the most popular brand of baby comforters.
  • cap: The cap comforter was long gone, but some guys would have worn the Green Beret.
  • cat: Rusty was holding the cat comforter bed in front of him to keep them from jumping out at him.
  • domain: Is a no-fault premium florida car insurance quote costs a major expansion domain comforters sheets.
comforter Quotes

   No worst, there is none.Pitched past pitch of grief, More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring. Comforter, where, where is your comforting?

—Hopkins, SirAnthony