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Variant of comfort

comfort Definition

com·fort (kum′fərt)

transitive verb

  1. to soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
  2. to give a sense of ease to
  3. Law to help; aid

Etymology: ME comforten < OFr conforter, to comfort < LL (esp. in Vulg. of O.T.) confortare, to strengthen much < L com-, intens. + fortis, strong: see fort

noun

  1. aid; encouragement: now only in aid and comfort
  2. relief from distress, grief, etc.; consolation
  3. a person or thing that comforts
  4. a state of ease and quiet enjoyment, free from worry, pain, or trouble
  5. anything that makes life easy or comfortable
  6. ☆ a quilted bed covering; comforter

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comforting Synonyms

comforting

modif.

cheering, encouraging, consoling, inspiriting, heartening, warming, solacing, consolatory, sustaining, reassuring, refreshing, upholding, succoring, relieving, soothing, assuaging, lightening, mitigating, alleviating, allaying, abating, softening, remedying, analeptic, curing, therapeutic, restoring, releasing, revitalizing, revivifying, tranquilizing, supportive; see also sympathetic.

Antonyms disturbing*, distressing, upsetting.

comforting Quotes

The more abhorrent a news item the more comforting it was to be the recipient since the fact that it had happened elsewhere proved that it had not happened here, was not happening here, and would therefore never happen here.

—Fowles,John Robert